16 février 2022

Léonore de Magnée est expert en arts d’Asie, de l’Himalaya au Vietnam en passant par la Chine, la Corée et le Japon. Elle est spécialiste des arts de la Chine et du Japon (bronzes, céramiques, laques, émaux cloisonnées, peintures, estampes, etc.), et plus particulièrement de la céramique chinoise (de la dynastie Song à la dynastie Qing 960-1911) et du netsuke japonais. Au cours de ses études de chinois (Master à l’Inalco) et d’histoire de l’art (École du Louvre et Paris IV Sorbonne), Léonore de Magnée a acquis une solide... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. A Chinese opaque blue glass bottle vase, Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911); 7 1⁄2 in. (19 cm.) high. Price Realised GBP 2,000 (Estimate GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500). © Christie's 2022 With globular body and cylindrical neck, the underside incised with an apocryphal Qianlong four-character mark. From the Collection of Baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Lot 39. A large Chinese opaque pink glass bottle vase, Late Qing dynasty (1644-1911); 14 1⁄4 in. (36 cm.)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. A group of five gilt-brass-mounted agate boxes, French or German, late 19th-early 20th century; The largest: 2. 3/4 in. (7 cm.) high; 5. 1/4 in. (13.5 cm.) wide; 3. 1/4 in. (8 cm.) deep. Price Realised GBP 4,375 (Estimate GBP 3,500 - GBP 4,500). © Christie's 2022 Of various sizes and colours and comprising various specimens including Tiger's Eye, all of rectangular form with ball feet. Christie's. The Collector, 27 Jan - 10 Feb 2022

  Lot 29. A group of three German gilt-brass-mounted agate boxes, 19th century; The largest: 4 in. (10 cm.) high; 6. 3/4 in. (17 cm.) wide; 4. 1/4 in. (10.5 cm.) deep. Price Realised GBP 4,375 (Estimate GBP 3,500 - GBP 4,500). © Christie's 2022 Of various sizes and colours, two with shaped escutcheons, on ball feet. Christie's. The Collector, 27 Jan - 10 Feb 2022

Lot 116. A pair of Italian polychrome-painted lacca povera console tables, Venice, mid-18th century; 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 37. 1/2 in. (94 cm.) wide; 26. 1/2 in. (67 cm.) deep. Price Realised GBP 52,500 (Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000). © Christie's 2022  Each with rectangular octagonal moulded top decorated with landscapes, figures in Oriental and European dress, pagodas and genre scenes, above a waved frieze and on scrolling cabriole legs similarly decorated, joined by a waved... [Lire la suite]

Stonehenge © English Heritage LONDON - The world of Stonehenge (17 February – 17 July 2022) is the UK’s first ever major exhibition on the story of Stonehenge. Key loans coming to the British Museum and announced for the first time today include: Britain’s most spectacular grave goods which were unearthed in the shadow of Stonehenge; elaborate ancient gold hats depicting the cosmos; and the astonishing wooden monument – dubbed Seahenge - that recently emerged after millennia from the sands of a Norfolk beach. ... [Lire la suite]

Anonymous (Early 14th Century), Miroku Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Maitreya) in Welcoming Descent. Ink, color, gold and gold leaf on silk. Estimate: $300,000-400,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2022. NEW YORK, NY.- During New York’s annual Asian Art Week in March 2022, Christie’s will present Enlightenment and Serenity: Important Buddhist Paintings from the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg as part of the Japanese and Korean Art Including the Collection of David and Nayda Utterberg sale on 22 March 2022. Twenty lots from... [Lire la suite]