23 juin 2019

Kim Inslinski par Jeanloup Sieff, top et jupe Martine Sitbon, New York, 1997. © Estate of Jeanloup Sieff PARIS - Le Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, présente Dos à la mode, une exposition hors les murs au musée Bourdelle, consacrée au vêtement vu de dos du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours. Dans nos sociétés obsédées par le visage et l’identité, le dos demeure une partie du vêtement particulièrement exploitée : traînes, décolletés et motifs ont pour vocation d’attirer le regard de l’autre. L’homme entretient... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. A guan-style crackle-glazed brush pot, bitong 19th century; 5 5/8in (14.3cm) high. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,700 - 4,400). © Bonhams. Thickly molded with a rounded rim and cylindrical walls rising from a wedged foot, the pale gray-green glaze on the walls marked with long black and russet colored craze lines, a denser web across the floor of the well and within the recessed base, the unglazed foot pad dressed with a pale brown wash. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, San Francisco, 25 Jun... [Lire la suite]

Lot 79. A white glazed jar with anhua decoration; 10in (25.4cm) high. Estimate: US$2,500 - US$4,000. © Bonhams. The stoutly potted jar incised with a xiangcai band around the neck and a myriad of lotus blossoms issuing from radiating leafy tendrils extending down the curving walls to a band of overlapping flames, the lustrous glaze displaying a faint greenish cast and covering all surfaces except the foot pad. Provenance: A former Japanese collection. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, San... [Lire la suite]

Lot 78. A Longquan celadon lotus bowl, 13th-14th century; 7in (17.8cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,700 - 4,400). © Bonhams. Carefully molded with a tapered rim over the wide curving well displaying subtly raised lotus petals along the exterior walls, rising from a tall foot surrounding the recessed base of slight conical form, the thick gray-green glaze covering all surfaces except the cinnamon burnt foot pad. Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, San Francisco, 25 Jun 2019, 10:00 PDT

Lot 77. A large Longquan celadon baluster jar, guan, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 9 7/8in (25cm) height of jar, 12 5/8in (32cm) diam. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€ 5,300 - 7,100). © Bonhams. Thickly potted with a short neck and swelling body that tapers inward above a wide foot ring surrounding a separately inserted base plate, the walls carved with fruiting branches and flower sprays enclosed within eight ogival reserves above a lotus petal band, the glaze applied everywhere except the lip, part of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 76. A Cizhou-type black glazed bowl and cover, Song-Jin dynasty, 12-13th century; 4 3/4in (12cm) high. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€ 5,300 - 7,100). © Bonhams. The bowl potted with deep rounded sides showing an oily black glaze that stops well short of the upright foot and thins to brown below the rim, also applied unevenly across the well centered at the base with the remains of three spur marks, the cover of flattened dome shape similarly glazed and also thinning to brown along the edge of the flat rim... [Lire la suite]

Lot 75. Two small Cizhou-type black glazed bowls with russet markings, Northern Song-Jin dynasty (960-1234); 3 5/8 and 2 3/8in (9.3 and 6cm) diam. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,700 - 4,400). © Bonhams. The larger bowl of unusual form with straight sides that taper sharply inward to the carved foot ring and recessed base, the black glaze on the walls and well painted with matte russet stripes, the exposed fabric of buff color; the smaller bowl subtly formed with a slightly inverted lip on the deep well curving... [Lire la suite]

Lot 74. Two glazed stoneware bowls, Song dynasty (960-1279); 4 3/8 and 3 3/8in (11 and 8.5cm) diam. Estimate US$ 3,000 - 5,000 (€ 2,700 - 4,400). © Bonhams. The larger, a Jian ware tea bowl with a metal-mounted rim, russet 'hare's fur' markings on the blue-black glaze across the well and exterior walls that stops in uneven welts above the dark russet-burnt foot and recessed base; the smaller, a delicately potted bowl of Cizhou type, with russet 'hare's fur' markings across the well and of the mottled dark brown on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 209. An enamelled and gem set flywhisk set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, Deccan or North India, 1675-1725; 8 ¾ ins. (22 cm.) long. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 483,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.106, no.40. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p.95, no.65Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.171, no.130The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.195, no.131The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.220, no.135de Young Legion of Honor, San... [Lire la suite]

Lot 167. An Art Deco diamond 'cliquet' brooch, Cartier. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 489,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Heart modified brilliant-cut diamond of 7.56 carats, marquise and old-cut diamonds, platinum (French marks), 2 ¼ ins., circa 1925, signed Cartier, 'Made in France', maker's mark, red Cartier case. GIA, 2013, report no. 15768175: 7.56 carats, H color, Internally Flawless clarity. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p. 196, no. 156Grand... [Lire la suite]