10 janvier 2017

Lot 3560. A large blue and white ‘Immortals’ dish, Shunzhi period, circa 1650. Estimate $10,000 – $15,000. Price Realized $27,500. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The dish is decorated in the interior with a scene of the Eight Daoist Immortals gathering on a riverbank as the Star God Shoulao sits beneath a pine tree on the opposite bank with a recumbent deer. The base bears a four-character mark yu tang jia qi (‘beautiful vessel for the Jade Hall’), within a double circle. 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3557. A blue and white stem cup, Shunzhi period, circa 1650-1660. Estimate $10,000 – $15,000. Price Realized $22,500. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The bell-shaped cup is supported on a tall, hollow and spreading foot and is decorated on the exterior with a scene from the poem of ‘The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup’, with Li Jin accompanied by two attendants and a peddler pushing a wine cart, all within a rocky landscape set between a ‘cracked-ice’ band at the rim and thin bamboo branches on the... [Lire la suite]

Self-Portrait, about 1730, Edme Bouchardon, Red chalk. The Morgan Library & Museum, Purchased in 1907. LOS ANGELES, CA.- One of the most imaginative and celebrated artists of the eighteenth century, Edme Bouchardon (French, 1698-1762) was both an exceptionally accomplished sculptor and astonishingly talented draftsman. A new exhibition on view at the Getty Museum from January 10 through April 2, 2017 – Bouchardon: Royal Artist of the Enlightenment – will present the first comprehensive survey devoted to this... [Lire la suite]

Paris – C’est un véritable honneur pour Christie’s France de présenter le 6 mars prochain à 18h, un ensemble d’oeuvres signées Diego Giacometti provenant de la prestigieuse collection d’Hubert de Givenchy. Cette vente exceptionnelle sera précédée d’une exposition dont la scénographie sera directement inspirée de la seule rétrospective jamais consacrée à Diego Giacometti en France, organisée en 1986 par Daniel Marchesseau au musée des Arts Décoratifs. Le célèbre couturier a souhaité organiser cette vente chez Christie’s afin de... [Lire la suite]

Impressive sapphire and diamond necklace. Sold 721,000 CHF at Sotheby's Geneva, 14 Nov 2007, lot 376.  Composed of a graduated line of brilliant-cut diamonds supporting at the front a fringe of oval and cushion-shaped sapphires weighing 22.43, 22.39, 21.62, 19.80, 19.72, 19.30 and 17.85 carats respectively, set within surrounds of marquise-shaped, brilliant-cut and oval diamonds, mounted in yellow gold, French assay and indistinct maker's marks. Length approximately 360mm and 400mm with additional link. Accompanied by... [Lire la suite]

Important 32.53 carats fancy vivid yellow diamond pendent necklace. Sold 1,337,000 CHF at Sotheby's Geneva, 14 november 2007, lot 309B.  The fancy vivid yellow cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut diamond weighing 32.53 carats suspended from a necklace set with brilliant- and step-cut diamonds, the clasp decorated with marquise-shaped stones, mounted in platinum and yellow gold, length approximately 440mm.  Accompanied by GIA report no. 12472093 stating that the diamond is Fancy Vivid Yellow, Natural Colour,... [Lire la suite]

Impressive 35.25 carats cushion-shaped diamond ring. Sold 1,449,000 CHF at Sotheby's Geneva, 14 Nov 2007, lot 372.  The cushion-shaped diamond weighing 35.25 carats, on a plain platinum mounting, size 50.  Accompanied by GIA report no. 15728262 stating that the diamond is I Colour, VS1 Clarity.

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s annual Masters Week auctions in New York will be held from 25 – 27 January 2017. The auction series features rare and newly-discovered European paintings, drawings and sculpture spanning from the 14th through the 19th centuries. The Masters Week exhibitions will open to the public on 20 January in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries with extended hours until 8:00pm on opening day.  MASTER PAINTINGS EVENING SALE 25 January 2017 Following the record-breaking sale of Orazio Gentileschi’s... [Lire la suite]

Lot 46. Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino (Cento 1591 - 1666 Bologna), A River Landscape with a Fisherman, a City in the Background; Red chalk; bears old numbering in pen and brown ink: 45, 207 by 297 mm; 8¼ by 11¾ in. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 USD.  Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (L.1391, his attribution on the verso in black chalk Jon. Franz Barbieri);sale, London, Christie's, 7 July 1981, lot 155 (as Attributed to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 85. François Boucher (Paris 1703 - 1770), Study of a Young Chinese Woman Seated at the Table. Red, black and white chalk and brown wash on light brown paper, within pen and brown ink framing lines; signed, lower center, in black chalk: f Boucher.; 355 by 220 mm; 14 by 8 5/8  in. Estimate 50,000 — 70,000 USD.  Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Possibly sale of the collections of MM. Bellanger and Nan, Paris, 18 March ff. 1776: one of the "Quatre Femmes... [Lire la suite]