29 novembre 2016

Lot 38. A superbly carved russet jade figure of a recumbent mythical beast, Ming dynasty or earlier. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. rendered crouching with its head turned slightly to the left, the beast detailed with bulging eyes and powerful claws, the softly polished stone of a yellowish-green colour with patches of dark brown - 8 cm, 3 1/4  in. Notes: The development of sculptures of mythical creatures occurred during the Han dynasty when they began to appear in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 118. A calcified jade 'chilong' hairpin, signed Lu Zigang, Ming dynasty. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. of tapering cylindrical form with one rounded tip, the other end with a hemispherical finial, the shaft decorated with a sinuous chilong and worked with an inscription ending with Lu Zigang zhi (made by Lu Zigang), the pale beige surface with calcified areas - 9.4 cm, 3 3/4  in. Notes: In Zun sheng ba jian by the Ming scholar... [Lire la suite]

Wim Delvoye, Untitled (Maserati), 2012. Embossed aluminum. Courtesy of the artist MONTREAL.- Since the late 1980s, Belgian artist Wim Delvoye has been challenging the art world status quo through a multidisciplinary practice that includes sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, and video. Montreal audiences were first introduced to his work in 2009 through the presentation of Cloaca No. 5 at the Galerie de l’UQAM. Part of a larger series, this provocative machine/sculptural work reproduced the human... [Lire la suite]

Lot 166. Property of Betsy Bloomingdale. A 29.01 carats pear brilliant-cut diamond ring, by Harry Winston. Estimate $1,300,000 - USD 1,800,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  Set with a pear brilliant-cut diamond, weighing approximately 29.01, flanked on either side by three tapered baguette-cut diamonds, ring size 7 1/4, mounted in platinum  Accompanied by report no. 1172850159 dated 7 September 2016 from the GIA Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond is F color, VVS2 clarity ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 165. A diamond cluster necklace, by Harry Winston and a photograph by Cecil Beaton. Estimate $400,000 - USD 600,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. Designed as a graduated pear, circular and marquise-cut diamond cluster necklace, the largest twelve pear-shaped diamonds weighing from approximately 4.10 to 2.17 carats, 16 ins., mounted in platinum; with hidden pendant hoop for suspension, front may be separated and worn as a bracelet of 7 ins., in a Harry Winston black case, accompanied by a signed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 164. A diamond cluster brooch, by Harry Winston. Estimate $100,000 - USD 150,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. Suspending a detachable waterfall spray of pear-shaped diamonds, the largest five weighing approximately 3.91, 3.19, 2.99, 2.78 and 2.66 carats, to the scrolling pear-shaped, marquise and baguette-cut diamond surmount, 3 1/4 ins., mounted in platinum  Accompanied by five reports dated 8 September 2016 from the GIA Gemological Institute of America stating that five of the pear... [Lire la suite]

Lot 163. A pair of diamond cluster ear pendants, by Harry Winston and a photograph, by Cecil Beaton. Estimate $300,000-400,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. Each suspending a cluster of marquise and pear-shaped diamonds, to the circular and pear-shaped diamond surmount, two of the marquise brilliant-cut diamonds weighing approximately 4.06 and 3.64 carats, and two of the pear brilliant-cut diamonds weighing approximately 2.87 and 2.36 carats, 1 √ ins., mounted in platinum; and a signed gelatin... [Lire la suite]

      Lot 3219. A fine and very rare famille rose chrysanthemum dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate HKD 18,000,000 - HKD 25,000,000 (USD 2,331,848 - USD 3,238,678). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016.  The dish is moulded with twenty-four flutes rising from a straight foot ring, and finely enamelled to the centre with two peony blossoms in pink and iron-red borne on branches with leaves in green enamels of graduated... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3218. A fine and highly important falangcai ruby-ground ‘prunus’ cup, Yongzheng four-character mark in blue enamel and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate HKD 40,000,000 - HKD 50,000,000 (USD 5,181,884 - USD 6,477,355). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. The cup is delicately enamelled to the exterior in soft tones of yellow, green and sepia to depict two bees hovering above a flowering branch bearing prunus blossoms, intertwined with clusters of bamboo around the foot, all against a vivid ruby-red ground.... [Lire la suite]

Fêtes et divertissements à la cour : Affiche. PARIS - En monarque politique, le roi Louis XIV a su porter au faîte de sa magnificence le « grand divertissement » faisant de Versailles un lieu de fêtes et de spectacles pour toujours plus de grandeur, d’extraordinaire et de fantastique. En fin psychologue, il a compris que « cette société de plaisirs, qui donne aux personnes de la cour une honnête familiarité avec (le souverain), les touche et les charme plus qu’on ne peut dire » (Louis XIV, Mémoires pour l’instruction du... [Lire la suite]