12 septembre 2018

Les musées de Langres vous proposent de découvrir au musée d’Art et d’Histoire une grande exposition consacrée à la Renaissance, période faste de l’histoire de la cité. Présentant 175 œuvres, cette exposition inédite est le fruit de quatre années de recherches. Langres à la Renaissance offre un large panorama de la production artistique langroise au XVIe siècle : éléments d’architecture, sculptures, peintures, vitraux, tapisserie, orfèvrerie, coutellerie, boiserie, estampes, livres enluminés, mais aussi imprimerie, théâtre, musique... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1388. A famille rose ovoid jar, Yongzheng-Qianlong period (1723-1795); 6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 25,000 - USD 35,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018   The ovoid jar is decorated with a phoenix painted in bright shades of pink, yellow, green, and iron-red, standing on a tall, jagged rock, amidst blossoming peonies, chrysanthemum and white magnolia, with birds perched on the branches and in flight, and with Mandarin ducks below. Note: The lush imagery depicted on the present screen... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1384. A copper-red-glazed bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 6 in. (15.3 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018   The bowl is covered on the exterior with a glaze of soft, crushed-strawberry-red color ending in a line on the ring foot.  Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 - 14 September 2018

Lot 1379. An unusual blue and white 'lantsa character' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018  The center of the interior is decorated with a medallion of a stylized six-petaled flower head, the center and each petal enclosing a different character, and the exterior is decorated with composite foliate scroll, all within double-line... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1376. A wucai 'Dragon and Phoenix' bowl, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 5 7/8 in. (14.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018  The exterior is decorated with two descending phoenixes between green and iron-red dragons pursuing flaming pearls amidst flower sprigs, below a band of Buddhist emblems alternating with ruyi heads joined by a blue line, and the interior with an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1373. A fine pair of small doucai dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 ¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Each dish with shallow rounded sides is decorated in the center with a stylized hibiscus borne on a leafy stem surrounded by further scrolling leaves and tendrils, the design repeated as a frieze on the exterior above a narrow band of ruyi heads,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1369. A rare blue and white 'Crane and Peach' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) high. Estimate USD 18,000 - USD 25,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The dish has flared sides, and is decorated on the interior with three cranes grasping double peaches in their beaks amidst dense stylized clouds, and the exterior is decorated with composite floral scroll. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1362. A blue and white 'phoenix tail' vase, Yongzheng period (123-1735); 16 7/8 in. (43 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The vase is decorated on the body with a continuous scene depicting the ‘Three Friends of Winter’, pine, prunus and bamboo, which is repeated on the trumpet-shaped neck. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 13 - 14 September 2018

Portrait en buste de l’empereur Jahangir, Inde, début du XVIIIe siècle, BELC707.5. Doha, Collection Al Thani. Photo ©The Al Thani Collection. 2018. All rights reserved. Photographs taken by Matt Pia Lt Du 8 septembre au 8 octobre 2018, le château de Fontainebleau expose une soixantaine de pièces, issues de la prestigieuse collection Al Thani. Depuis la Haute Antiquité, la fonction royale fait l’objet de représentations nombreuses et codifiées. La diffusion de l’image du chef constitue un enjeu de pouvoir important et la forme... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1110. A rare bronze ritual tripod food vessel, ding, Late  Shang Dynasty, 13th-11th Century B.C.; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 237,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The rounded body is raised on three columnar legs cast in intaglio with triangles pendent from a scroll band and is cast in relief around the sides with three large taotiemasks centered and divided by notched flanges, reserved on a fine leiwen ground and below a pair... [Lire la suite]