21 février 2022

Handled Silver Jar, Tang dynasty (618--907), 9.7 cm in height, mouth dia. 8 cm. Unearthed from a Tang tomb at Yaling, Yichuan, Henan, 1991. Henan Museum. With a slightly contracting mouth, bulging belly and rounded bottom, the vessel has its lugs riveted to the outer side of the rim, linked with the loop handle. The body is comprised of two pieces of silver sheets riveted together with six petal-formed rivets. As a daily utensil used during the Tang dynasty, the jar was mostly used for storing wine and water, occasionally for... [Lire la suite]

Gold waist belt decoration, Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771 BC). 12 Pieces of Varied Sizes, Overall Weight 433.25 g. Excavated at tomb M2001, Guo state tombs, Sanmenxia Henan Province. 1990. Courtesy Henan Museum. This belt features seven round parts, one rectangular part, three in the shape of beast masks, and one in the shape of a triangular openwork beast mask. When excavated, these decorations were found on the waist area of the corpse within the coffin. They were likely decorative objects hung from the belt.

Pierre Soulages, Peinture 181 x 405 cm, 12 avril 2012, 2012 © Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole / photographie Frédéric Jaulmes Après avoir fait ses armes aux Beaux-Arts de Montpellier, Pierre Soulages s’est peu à peu imposé comme la figure incontournable de l’abstraction. Ici encore, l’artiste nous offre l’un de ses Outrenoirs, un tableau aux dimensions exceptionnelles qui révèle toutes les capacités poétiques du peintre, qui de l’obscurité fait jaillir la lumière, grâce à des jeux de relief et de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. A pair of Louis XV ormolu-mounted Chinese and French porcelain 'parrot' candelabra, circa 1745, the Chinese porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722); 10 ½ in. (27 cm.) high; 9 ¾ in. (24.5 cm.) wide. Price Realised GBP 47,500 (Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000). © Christie's 2022 Each with a turquoise parrot resting on a pierced aubergine rockwork base, on a shaped plinth, issuing two entwining flowering branches terminating in incised foliate nozzles, on melon-shaped feet. Provenance:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 216. A pair of French ormolu-mounted Chinese Imari porcelain pot-pourri vases by Escalier De Cristal, Paris, the porcelain Kangxi period; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) high. Price Realised GBP 8,750 (Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000). © Christie's 2022 Each of circular form decorated with the three friends of winter: prunus branches, bamboo and pine trees, mounted with a gadrooned rim, the lids with berry finials, raised on three s-scroll feet with lion masks to the gadrooned border in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A near pair of French ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain cache-pots, the porcelain Kangxi period, circa 1662-1722, the ormolu 19th century; 7 in. (18 cm.) high; 9 ¾ in. (25 cm.) wide. Price realised GBP 6,250 (Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000). © Christie's 2022 Each with a blue and white painted vase flanked with pierced male mask terminal handles with gadrooned upper rims on feuille d'eau cast bases. Note: Related examples to the male mask terminal handles of the present... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A pair of Regence ormolu-mounted Chinese porcelain cache pots, circa 1720, the porcelain Kangxi period, circa 1662-1722; 7 ¾ in. (20 cm.) high; 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide. Price realised GBP 27,500 (Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000). © Christie's 2022 Each with a blue and white vase flanked by pierced shell, female mask and scrolling foliage handles, surmounted by a gadrooned rim and base. Note: A pair of lidded vases with almost identical mounts is in the J. Paul Getty Museum (72.DI.50),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A pair of Regence ormolu-mounted Japanese and Chinese porcelain pot-pourris, circa 1725, the porcelain late 17th century; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) high, overall. Price realised GBP 5,000 (Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000). © Christie's 2022 The Japanese kakiemon and celadon-ground censer and cover with applied flower-head handles and small bird finials, supported by three laughing boys in various famille verte robes, the ormolu with melon-form feet. Provenance: With Ralph M. Chait Galleries,... [Lire la suite]

Muscles of the Neck (detail). Etching and engraving inked à la poupée in red and black, in Giuseppe del Medico, Anatomia per uso dei pittori e scultori (Rome, 1811), pl. 16, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (84- B28069) For centuries, artists and scientists have been fascinated by the structures of the human body. Featuring works of art from the 16th century to today, the Getty Research Institute exhibition Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy explores the theme of anatomy and art and the impact of anatomy on the... [Lire la suite]