20 mars 2017

Lacloche Frères, Art Deco Brooch, circa 1925. Platinum, Emerald, Onyx, Ruby, White Diamond © BRUNO PEPIN Nice geometrical design brooch in platinum set with old-cut diamonds, calibrated rubies and emeralds and one round ball of onyx. Signed Lacloche Freres. 2.24 in.L (5.7 cmL). €8.500 BRUNO PEPIN, 23 Galerie Vero-Dodat, Paris, , 75001 FR - +33-9-73-72-94-37. Dealer Reference Number: LP13485/XX53

1920s Lacloche Frères Paris Amber Enamel Diamond Gold Lady's Compact © Trafalgar Jewellers The 18 carat yellow gold rectangular case decorated to the front and back with a red and black enamel chinoiserie scene, framing a central amber panel accented with a shou character set with rose-cut diamonds. Framed with rose-cut diamond borders and seed pearl thumbpiece. Opens to reveal a vanity mirror, two powder compartments with 18-cart gold lids and a spring mounted 18 carat yellow gold lipstick dispenser. French assay and... [Lire la suite]

Lacloche Frères, Pin, Paris, about 1927-1930. White gold, platinum, emeralds, brilliant-cut diamonds and stained chalcedony. Bequeathed by Miss J.H.G. Gollan, M.25-1976 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017.  This brooch is in the shape of a stylised cypress tree. It shows many of the characteristics of Art Deco jewellery, which was fashionable between the First and Second World Wars. The diamonds are set against stained chalcedony to form areas of contrasting pattern and reflection. Black onyx was often used in Art... [Lire la suite]

Lacloche Frères, Vanity case, Paris, ca. 1926. Gold, with black-stained jadeite and black-backed chalcedony; the lid set with rose- and brilliant-cut diamonds, lapis lazuli, turquoise, malachite, rhodonite, mother-of-pearl and pearl. Bequeathed by Miss J.H.G. Gollan, M.24-1976 © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017. Jewelled vanity cases were popular accessories during the 1920s, an indication of the wider acceptability of women wearing make-up in the years after the First World War (and of their even applying it in... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Boldini, Self-Portrait at sixty-nine years, 1911. Oil on canvas, 105x97 cm, Ferrara, Museo Giovanni Boldini © Ferrara, Galleries of Modern and Contemporary Art ROME.- The exhibition devoted to Giovanni Boldini (Ferrara, 1842 – Paris, 1931), from 4 March to 16 July at the Complesso del Vittoriano – Ala Brasini in Rome, is one of the most comprehensive and spectacular retrospectives of last decades, comprising over 150 works by Boldini and the most important artists of his time. Feminine charms,... [Lire la suite]

  Estimé à plus de 60 millions de dollars. Pesant 59,60 carats, le «Pink Star» est le plus grand diamant « Fancy Vivid Pink » « Internally Flawless » jamais certifié par le Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Photo: Sotheby's. Hong Kong - Sotheby’s a l'honneur d'annoncer que le Pink Star - un sublime trésor de la nature - sera mis en vente le 4 avril prochain, dans le cadre de la vente de Haute Joaillerie (Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite) de Sotheby's à Hong Kong. Estimé à plus de 60 millions de dollars, ce diamant rose... [Lire la suite]

  CHICAGO, IL.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers will conduct two sales of curated couture and luxury accessories for the upcoming spring season. The April 5 Luxury Accessories and Couture auction will include over 150 lots spanning from the 1920s onward by iconic designers. Starting March 27 and running through April 7 is a timed online only sale, Spring Staples, which will feature everyday couture from Hermes scarves to costume jewelry. The April 5 auction includes numerous Hermes handbags in bright colors such as a gold... [Lire la suite]

Henri Fantin-Latour, Capucines doubles, 1880. Huile sur toile. 62,8 x 42,5 cm, Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres © Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres GRENOBLE - Au musée du Luxembourg jusqu’au 12 février 2017, l’exposition FantinLatour. À fleur de peau sera présentée au musée de Grenoble à partir du 18 mars 2017. Cette rétrospective, qui rend hommage au plus célèbre peintre d’origine grenobloise du XIXe siècle, met en lumière, ce qui par-delà l’évidence de ses admirables bouquets de fleurs et de ses fascinants... [Lire la suite]

Long-necked ewer. China, probably Henan Province. Gongxian kilns. Tang dynasty, ca. 825–50. Glazed stoneware with copper-green splashes over white slip. H. 40 1/2 x W. 9 x D. 10 1/4 in. (102 x 23 x 26 cm). Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 2005.1.00900 1/2 to 2/2. Photography by Asian Civilisations Museum, Tang Shipwreck Collection NEW YORK, NY.- Asia Society Museum in New York presents a selection of 76 artifacts from a thousand-year-old shipwreck discovered in 1998 in Southeast Asian waters. On view for the first... [Lire la suite]