25 février 2018

Lot 504. A superb and very rare carved Ding 'Peony' dish, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 400,000 - USD 600,000. Price realised USD 948,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The shallow dish is elegantly potted with slightly rounded sides rising to a wide, everted rim. The interior is carved with two large peony blossoms borne on undulating, leafy stems, and the rim is carved with classic scroll. The dish is covered overall with a warm ivory-white glaze below the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 503. A carved and incised Yue circular box and cover, Early Northern Song dynasty, 10th-11th century; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The domed cover is finely carved with a peony spray with incised details in the central medallion, and encircled by a band of stylized waves, and the box, with splayed foot, is incised with a band of cloud-like motifs around the sides. Both are covered overall with a greenish-olive glaze, with the... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 502. A very rare Yaozhou cylindrical box and cover, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The box is potted with tall, straight sides rising from an angled foot and a flat base, and the cover has straight sides below a flat top and canted shoulder. The box and cover are covered inside and out with a greyish olive-green glaze, leaving the rims and base unglazed, Japanese wood box. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 501. A large carved Yaozhou bowl, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127); 8 1/8 in. (20.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 372,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018. The bowl is sturdily potted with rounded sides rising to a lipped rim, and is molded on the exterior with a single band below the mouth rim. The interior is carved with a scrolling stem bearing two hibiscus blossoms and a star-shaped leaf. The bowl is covered inside and out with a lustrous glaze of rich, sea-green tone, except the base... [Lire la suite]

Melchior Baumgartner (1621 - Augsburg - 1686), Cabinet, Augsburg, circa 1650-60. Ormolu-mounted, parcel-gilt and polychrome painted, ivory, ebony and rosewood, 83.5 x 82 x 43 cm (32.8 x 32.3 x 16.9 in.). Kunsthandel Peter Mühlbauer © TEFAF 2018 Expertise by Dr. Dieter Alfter, author of the book 'Die Geschichte des Augsburger Kabinettschrankes', Augsburg 1986. Provenance: Jean Jahnssons Coll., Stockholm, until 1933; Private collection, Sweden; Nagel, Stuttgart Feb. 2012; Private collection, Germany. ... [Lire la suite]

Pierre Soulages (Rodez, 1919), Peinture, 2006. Acrylic on canvas, 181 x 128 cm (71.3 x 50.5 in.). Signed, titled and dated on verso upper right 'SOULAGES 181 x 128 cm 15 12 2016'. Galerie Karsten Greve © TEFAF 2018 Louise Bourgeois (Paris, 1911 - New York, 2010), Pregnant Woman II, Circa 1947-1949. Bronze with polished patina, 132 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm (52 x 16 x 16 in.). Stamped 'LB 4/6 MAF 04'. Galerie Karsten Greve © TEFAF 2018 Giorgio Morandi (1890 - Bologna -... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3685. A famille-rose box and cover, mark and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 11.7 cm, 4 5/8  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 HKD. Lot sold 750,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's  the straight-sided square box supported at the corners on four bracket feet, finely and brightly enamelled to each face with antiques reserved on a white ground, the top of the cover with a moulded square panel enclosing antiques and encircled on the edge and sides by the bajixiang emblems, the base... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3633. A rare pair of 'famille rose' 'Deer' bowls, marks and period of Yongzheng (1723-1735); 9.3 cm, 3 5/8  in. Estimate 1,200,000 — 1,500,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2017.  each well potted with deep rounded sides rising from a subtly splayed foot to a flared rim, the exterior finely enamelled with a spotted deer with its head turned backwards, the scene further detailed with a crane perched on a gnarled aubergine-lavender pine branch... [Lire la suite]

Van Cleef & Arpels, Necklace, USA, circa 1955. Platinum, white pear-shaped and baguette-cut diamonds. Length 39 cm (15.3 in.). Signed 'Van Cleef & Arpels'. Van Cleef & Arpels. © TEFAF 2018 This classic white diamond necklace recalls Van Cleef & Arpels glamorous diamond jewelry from the 1920s and 1930s. The light structure and flexible nature of this piece allows it to fall like fabric on the wearer. The elegant pear-shaped diamonds float along rows of baguette-cut diamonds creating a... [Lire la suite]

Margiela / Galliera au Palais Galliera. PARIS - Première rétrospective consacrée à Martin Margiela à Paris, l’exposition retrace, du printemps-été 1989 au printemps-été 2009, la carrière du créateur belge qui questionna aussi bien les structures du vêtement que les systèmes de la mode. Diplômé de l’Académie royale des beaux-arts d’Anvers, département mode, en 1980, assistant de Jean Paul Gaultier entre 1984 et 1987, Martin Margiela (Louvain, 1957), chef de file de l’école d’Anvers, est le seul créateur belge de sa génération... [Lire la suite]