17 juin 2019

PARIS - The Jewellery department is delighted with these great results which confirmed the strong interest for magnificent jewels including those coming from Place Vendôme. Collectors are continuously eager to acquire creations signed by the prestigious names such as Van Cleef & Arpels with a beautiful diamond ring (8.94 carats) sold for €328,000 against a pre-sale estimate of €180,000-200,000 and a beautiful sapphire and diamond ring which sold four times its pre-estimate at €237,500. Further highlights included pieces by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 71. A blue and white bottle vase, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 39cm (15 1/2in) high. Sold for £ 27,500 (€ 30,826). © Bonhams. The rounded body painted in vivid blue with a continuous leafy meander issuing six heavy blossoms above upright lappets and classic scroll at the foot, the shoulder with pendent ruyi-heads between moulded bands beneath a further floral meander, the flaring neck with long stiff lappets pointing upwards beneath a band of waves at the rim.  Provenance: an... [Lire la suite]

Lot 70. A large blue and white 'Three auspicious fruit' vase, Qianlong mark, late Qing Dynasty; 52cm (20 1/2in) high. Sold for £ 26,250 (€ 29,425).© Bonhams. Sturdily potted with a broad bulbous body brightly painted with leafy sprays of fruiting peach, pomegranate and finger citron above stiff lappets at the foot and beneath a band of ruyi head below foaming waves below stylised floral and foliate meanders, the neck also with flowers on foliate scrolls flanked by two tubular handles painted with waves, a further band... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. A blue and white alms bowl, Guangxu six-character mark and of the period (1875-1908); 20.5cm (8 1/8in) diam. Sold for £ 3,500 (€ 3,923). © Bonhams. Brightly painted on the exterior with two writhing five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls, above foaming waves at the foot and a band of ruyi head at the lipped rim.  Provenance: an English private collection Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014

Lot 67. Three blue and white spittoons, zhadou, Guangxu six-character marks and of the period (1875-1908). The tallest 8.2cm (3 1/5in) high. Sold for £ 12,500 (€ 14,012). © Bonhams. Each of elegant form with a compressed globular body surmounted by a broad flared neck, the neck and body delicately painted with a continuous composite scrolls of blossoming flowers, divided by interlinked ruyi-head and key-fret borders, all beneath a ruyi-head collar and above a band of cloud scrolls. Provenance: an English... [Lire la suite]

Lot 66. A blue and white 'dragon' dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-1795); 17cm (6 3/4in) diam. Sold for £ 8,125 (€ 9,119). © Bonhams. The central medallion vibrantly painted with a fearsome five-clawed dragon reaching towards a flaming pearl amid cloud scrolls, the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons each in pursuit of a flaming pearl. Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014

LAMBERTVILLE, NJ.- Rago's Fine and Unreserved Jewelry Auctions on June 7 & 9 achieved total sales of $1,700,863 across two sessions and 1,134 lots. The honor of top lot was shared by two pieces that each achieved $46,875: lot 1463, a Harry Winston sapphire and diamond platinum ring featuring a 5.11 carat Ceylon sapphire; and lot 1037, a Georgian rose-cut diamond button ring, the central diamond of which once belonged to the last Emperor of Mexico, Maximilian I.  Lot 1463. Harry Winston, 5.11 cts. Ceylon Sapphire... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. A blue and white pear-shaped bottle vase, 18th century; 39cm (15 1/2in) high. Sold for £ 20,000 (€ 22,448). © Bonhams Painted around the body with a continuous design of bats swooping amongst a fruiting double-gourd vine, between a ruyi-head and key-fret band at the shoulder and a lappet border at the foot, the neck with vertically rising plantain leaves.  Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 April-1 May 1996, lot 429A British private collection. Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond... [Lire la suite]

Lot 63. A massive blue and white 'dragon' fishbowl, 18th century; 61cm (24in) diam. Sold for £ 206,500 (€ 231,780). © Bonhams Heavily potted with a rounded lipped rim, the exterior boldly painted with two pairs of fiercely writhing five-clawed dragons, each pair in pursuit of a flaming pearl amid fire and cloud scrolls, and all above rocks emerging from crashing waves above the foot.  Provenance: a European private collection. Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART. London, New Bond Street, 15 May 2014  

DRESDEN.- 2019 marks 350 years since Rembrandt’s death. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, which hold one of the most significant collections of his paintings, drawings and prints, are celebrating the artist at this occasion with a large exhibition of his works. “Rembrandt’s Mark” centres around the graphic artist and draughtsman and takes a look at an artist who has been studied by artists more than any other.  The one-of-a-kind collection at the Kupferstich-Kabinett in Dresden underpins the exhibition, which... [Lire la suite]