23 janvier 2018

Lot 572. A large 'Longquan' celadon-glazed jar, Yuan dynasty (1279-1366); 24.2cm., 9 1/2 in. Estimate 300 — 400 GBP. Lot sold 8,750 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the baluster body rising from a recessed base to a broad rounded shoulder and short tapering neck, covered overall in a sea-green glaze suffused with a matrix of dark brown and golden crackles, wood cover and stand. Quantity: 3.  Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe... [Lire la suite]

Lot 563. A white-glazed jar and cover, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 10cm., 4in. Estimate 500 — 750 GBP. Lot sold 1,125 GBP. Photo Sotheby's 2008 the gently curved and fluted sides rising from a short spreading foot to an angled shoulder and short tapering neck, the concave cover surmounted by a floral knop, covered overall in a transparent straw-coloured glaze. Quantity: 2.  Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 559. A 'Longquan' celadon-glazed 'Lotus' bowl, Song-Yuan dynasty (960-1368); 16cm., 6 1/4 in. Estimate 1,000 — 1,500 GBP. Lot sold 16,250 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's 2008. the deep rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an incurved mouth, carved around the exterior with over-lapping lotus petals and covered overall with a soft bluish-green glaze suffused with crackles, the rim metal bound.  Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe... [Lire la suite]

Pieter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577-1640 Antwerp), Paul de Vos (Hulst circa 1591-1678 Antwerp) & Jan Wildens (Antwerp, 1585-1653), Diana and Nymphs hunting deer. Oil on canvas, 155 x 199 cm. © Klaas Muller Diana and Nymphs hunting deer. Detail by Pieter Paul Rubens. © Klaas Muller Diana and Nymphs hunting deer. Detail by Paul De Vos. © Klaas Muller Following thorough research, Professor Arnout Balis confirmed the figures to be fully authentic and by Rubens.... [Lire la suite]

Unknown pharaonic bust, possibly of Hatshepsut, Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1479 - 1458 BC. Aswan pink granite. H 27 x W 36,5 cm. © Axel Vervoord Provenance: private collection, Switzerland; acquired on the Paris art market, 1960s Exhibition: Middle Gate Geel '13, curated by Jan Hoet, September 28th - December 22d, 2013. Unknown, Tragic theatre mask of a young woman, Western Europe, Roman Empire, early 1st century AD. Marble with calcification. H 31 cm. © Axel... [Lire la suite]

'Collier de chien’ illustrating the perfection of the Garland style, signed ‘Cartier Paris, Londres, New York’, Paris, circa 1910. Platinum and diamond. © Epoque Fine Jewels René Lalique (Aÿ 1860-1945 Paris), glass designer, Art Nouveau pendant, Paris, circa 1904-1905. Enamel, diamond, glass, citrine and gold. © Epoque Fine Jewels Two engraved glass panels with an orange sheen, each depicting a nymph in a foliage surround. Frame of diamond fern leaves with reddish brown enamel... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3020. A Rhinoceros Horn 'Pine' Libation Cup, Qing Dynasty, 18th Century; 14.5 cm., 5 5/8  in. Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,360,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. the tapered horn of reddish-brown colour lightening to a caramel tone at the flared rim, naturalistically carved to resemble a section of a tree trunk with blossoming pine twigs entwining around it and extending in openwork onto the interior to form the handle on one side,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3019. A Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Plantain' Cup by You Kan, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662-1722); 15.5 cm., 6 1/8  in. Estimate 2,800,000 — 3,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 3,520,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. the highly polished amber and dark brown coloured cup superbly carved as a cup-shaped furled plantain leaf, with veining running across the interior and exterior, wrapped on the exterior in openwork with the leaf overhanging on one side and extending across the bottom of... [Lire la suite]

A new exhibition of Azzedine Alaïa's works, 'Je suis couturier', at the late designer's studio in the Marais in Paris, runs until June. © MAISON ALAÏA  PARIS - Two months after legendary designer Azzedine Alaia's sudden death plunged the fashion world into mourning, an exhibition in homage to the "King of Cling" opened Monday in his studios in Paris. The Tunisian-born designer, renowned for the way his clothes hugged the body, died suddenly in November aged 82, reportedly of heart failure after falling down... [Lire la suite]