23 janvier 2017

Conical Parade helmet, Urartian, 9th-8th century BC. Bronze. H 30 cm. Courtesy Phoenix Ancient Art Relief decoration in repoussé of giant serpents with animal heads inclining downwards as if to protect the royal figures facing each other in the central heraldic composition, incised on each side of the winged sun disk of Shamash next to the Tree of Life. Around the band are smaller devotional figures. The iconography reflects Assyrian art, and the cultural exchanges of the time. Almost entirely... [Lire la suite]

Archaic Li-type tripod vessel, China, Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (722-421 BC). Bronze with green patina, finely inlaid with malachite, cuprite and azurite. H 16 x D 16 cm. Courtesy Eric Pouillot It was used to cook sacrificial food. Seated watchdog, China, Sichuan region, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD). Salmon earthenware with brown glaze. H 30 x W 30 cm. Courtesy Eric Pouillot Musician on standing horse, China, Tang dynasty (618-907), 8th... [Lire la suite]

Three brooches representing ladybirds, Cartier Paris, 1970s. White gold with the bodies in coral and black enamel. Signed and numbered. Courtesy Galerie Montaigne Beautiful bracelet, Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1960. Yellow gold and horn with the central part in ivory with coral. Signed. Courtesy Galerie Montaigne 'Garland' style necklace, 1900-1905. Platinum, diamonds and natural pearls. Courtesy Galerie Montaigne Work of great delicacy, elegance and lightness. ... [Lire la suite]

French Louis XV commode with two drawers ‘sans traverse’. Stamp of Mathieu Criaerd (Paris, 1689-1776), cabinetmaker who became master in Paris on 29 July 1738. Chinese and European lacquer, adorned with chiselled and gilt bronze mounts, Breche d’Alep marble top. H 88 x W 112 x D 58 cm. Courtesy Theunissen & de Ghellinck.  Portrait of a gentleman, Louis René Vialy (Aix-en-Provence 1680-1770 Paris), pupil of Hyacinthe Rigaud (Perpignan 1659-1743 Paris), portrait painter and first master... [Lire la suite]

Console by the Bâtiments du Roi (The King’s official builders and furnishers), Paris, late Louis XIV period, circa 1715. Sculpted and gilt wood, red Languedoc marble. H 72.5 x L 110 x D 42.5 cm. Courtesy Galerie Steinitz Provenance: private collection Exceptional chest of drawers, First 3rd of the 18th century. Hungarian oak, solid rosewood, chiseled and gilt bronze. H 85 x L 143 x P 67 cm. Courtesy Galerie Steinitz Provenance: former collection of Sir Lionel Philips, 1st Baronet (1855-1936),... [Lire la suite]

Pair of large baluster-shaped jars with lids, China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Blue and white porcelain painted with figures, flower pots and floral decorations.  H 56 cm. Courtesy Galerie Lamy. Literature: exhibition catalogue 'The Age of Gallantry', The Chinese porcelain New York, 1995, n° 100 (similar pair) Pair of spaniels, China, Qianlong period (1711-1799); Polychrome porcelain. H 16.5 cm and 17 cm. Courtesy Galerie Lamy. Provenance: Hodroff collection 4041  ... [Lire la suite]

Large plate, Wanli, Ming period, 1563-1620. Ø 51 cm. Courtesy Marc Michot Chinese porcelain painted in very bright underglaze-blue. The scene in the centre illustrates the 'chilong' (qilin ), a mythological hornless dragon, sitting on a rock under a pine near a river. On the large rim are eight cartouches figuring peonies and precious symbols  Known as 'kraak-porcelain', a type of Chinese export porcelain produced from the Wanli reign (1573) to the Chongzhen reign (1644), probably named after the... [Lire la suite]

Leysen. Chrome tourmaline ring. Courtesy Leysen Set with an exceptional 4.09 ct chrome tourmaline. Specially designed to highlight the special green shades of this stone that evoke emerald or tsavorite. Leysen. Necklace and earrings set with 60 ct white and intense yellow pear-shaped diamonds. Courtesy Leysen Leysen. Earrings set with rose-cut diamonds, Haveli collection. Courtesy Leysen Leysen joaillier est une entreprise familiale fondée en 1855 et actuellement dirigée par... [Lire la suite]

Statue of Herieus, prophet of 'Harpocrates, the Great God who resides in Mendes', Egypt, Ptolemaic Period. Nummulitic limestone. H 103 cm. Courtesy Galerie Harmakhis Provenance: Swiss collection, 1980s, then G.W., Germany, 1990s Depuis 1988, la Galerie Harmakhis se spécialise en art de l’antiquité classique et égyptienne. Licencié en Histoire de l’Art et Archéologie, licencié en Philologie et Histoire orientales (égyptologie), Jacques Billen est membre de la Chambre Belge des Experts en Œuvres d’Art, de la... [Lire la suite]

Head of a young woman, Greece, probably an Athenian workshop, late 5th-early 4th century BC. Marble with traces of rootlets. H 26 cm. Courtesy Galerie Gilgamesh Provenance: Mikas collection, antique dealer in Paris; Bonn, acquired in the region before 1970 Large oinochoe or wine jug with lid, Greece, geometric period, mid 8th century BC. Terracotta beige to brown highlights. Adorned with geometric and zoomorphic designs. H 61 x Ø 39 cm. Courtesy Galerie Gilgamesh Provenance:... [Lire la suite]