04 décembre 2021
Jun ware from The Songde Tang Collection sold at Hong Kong, 3 december 2021
Lot 2813. A fine large Jun purple-splashed bowl, Jin dynasty (1115-1234); 9 in. (23 cm.) diam., box. Price realised HKD 325,000 (Estimate HKD 240,000 - HKD 300,000). © Christie's 2021
The bowl is covered inside and out with a thick lavender-blue glaze. The interior is applied with two purplish-red splashes connected by a thin line.
Note: Compare to a Jun bowl with an abstract purple splash to the interior, slightly smaller in size, which is illustrated Beauty & Entirety -... [Lire la suite]04 décembre 2021
The National Gallery of Victoria opens the first exhibition in Australia to focus on Gabrielle Chanel
Gabrielle Chanel (designer), Evening dress, autumn–winter 1927–28 (detail), silk crêpe embroidered with glass beads. Patrimoine de CHANEL, Paris. Photo © Julien T. Hamon
MELBOURNE.- Opening to the public on Saturday 4 December 2021, Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto is the first exhibition in Australia to exclusively focus on the significant contribution to twentieth-century fashion culture by the renowned French couturière Gabrielle Chanel (1883–1971). Presented by the National Gallery of Victoria in partnership... [Lire la suite]