14 juin 2019

Lot 170. An old mine brilliant-cut light pink diamond of 7.56 carats, VS1 clarity, Type IIa. Estimate USD 400,000 - USD 600,000. Price realised USD 471,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019  GIA, 2017, report no. 2181648399: 7.56 carats, Light Pink, natural color, VS1 clarity, Type IIa. Christie's. Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, New York, 19 June 2019   

Lot 334. An antique diamond and enamel sarpech, mid 19th century. Estimate USD 500,000 - USD 700,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The turban ornament set with variously-shaped table-cut diamonds, briolette-cut diamonds, blue, green, white and red enamel on the reverse with plume holder, foil, gold on a lac core, 7 ½ ins. Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, p. 56, ill. pp. 64-65Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, pp. 94-95, no. 46The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 118, no. 85Grand... [Lire la suite]

Lot 273. A cut-cornered rectangular portrait-cut diamond of 20.22 carats, J color, VS2 clarity, Type IIa. Estimate USD 500,000 - USD 1,000,000. Price realised USD 1,095,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 GIA, 2015, report no. 1176200206: 20.22 carats, J color, VS2 clarity, Type IIa Exhibited: Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, p. 49, no. 11The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 26, no. 3Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p. 34, no. 4The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p. 45, no. 1The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p. 50,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 111. A diamond and emerald necklace. Estimate USD 700,000 - USD 1,000,000. Price realised USD 915,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Graduated faceted diamond beads, single-cut diamonds, emerald bead, white silk cord, white gold, longest length 24 ½ ins. (adjustable). Provenance: Sheikh Saoud bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani. Exhibited: Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, p. 154, no. 97The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 25, no. 2Grand Palais, Paris 2017, pp. 358-59, no. 267The Doge’s... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A large Persian pottery bowl, Circa late 3rd-late 2nd Millennium B.C.; 18cm high, 23.5cm diam. Estimate £ 20,000 - 30,000 (€ 22,000 - 34,000). © Bonhams 2001-2019 One of the first known depictions of a dog on a lead is being offered at Bonhams' Antiquities Sale at New Bond Street on Wednesday 3 July. It is painted on one of three panels of a large Persian pottery jar dated circa late 3rd to late 2nd century BC, and shows a hunter with a bow and arrow holding a curly-tailed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 173. Statue de Guanyin en bronze incrustée d'argent, Chine, dynastie Qing (1644-1911). Hauteur: 49 cm. (19 ¼ in.). Estimate: EUR 18,000 - EUR 22,000. Price realised EUR 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Elle est représentée debout, ses mains jointes devant elle. Elle est vêtue d'une longue robe rehaussée de motifs de nuages en incrustations d'argent. Elle porte une signature incrustée d'argent de Yutang Shisou au dos. L'expression de son visage est sereine, son front est... [Lire la suite]

Lot 242. Rare statue de Bouddha Shakyamuni en schiste gris, Pakistan, ancienne region du Gandhara, IIème-IIIème siècle. Hauteur : 125 cm. (49 ¼ in.). Estimate: EUR 50,000 - EUR 70,000. Price realised EUR 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Il est représenté debout en samabhanga sur un piédestal orné d’un bodhisattva assis flanqué d’adorants. Il est vêtu d’une robe monastique. Sa main droite est enabhayamudra. Son visage est empreint de sérénité. Un halo est placé derrière sa tête ;... [Lire la suite]

Lot 176. Rare statue de soldat ou de serviteur en bronze, Chine, dynastie Han de l'Est (av.JC. 25-220). Hauteur: 69 cm. (24 in.). Estimate: EUR 40,000 - EUR 60,000. Price realised EUR 81,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Il est représenté debout, sa main droite est placée le long de son corps, le poing serré. Sa main gauche est levée au niveau de sa poitrine. Ses mains sont percées d'un trou qui accueillait à l'origine un objet. Il porte un chapeau, une longue tunique retenue par une ceinture, un... [Lire la suite]

LONDON - This summer, the National Gallery, as part of its Spanish season, will show a select number of works by Bartolomé Bermejo (about 1440–about 1501), one of Spain’s most innovative and accomplished painters active in the second half of the 15th century.  Bartolomé de Cárdenas was more commonly known as ‘Bermejo’ – meaning ‘reddish’ in Spanish – probably referring to a distinctive physical feature such as red hair or a ruddy complexion. He was born in Cordoba but was principally active in the Crown of Aragon, working... [Lire la suite]

Lot 227. A large carved cinnabar mallow form box and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century. H: 12.5 cm - Ø: 40.0 cm. Estimate 6 000 € - 8 000 €. Lot sold 39 000 €. Courtesy Asium-Millon. The top of the cover is deeply carved within an octafoil panel to depict a garden scene with sages and their attendants centered with a bridge and river. Each of the eight sides is decorated with flowers growing on branches within a cartouche, interspersed with lotus flowers, which is repeated on the box. Chine, XVIIIe... [Lire la suite]