22 février 2022
A dark blackish-grey stone axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC
Lot 703. A dark blackish-grey stone axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC; 6 1⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2022
The thick axe with rounded, curved edges has a hafting hole drilled from both sides, and the stone is of a blackish-grey color with areas of brown and russet mottling.
Provenance: Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 24 November 1984.
Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New... [Lire la suite]22 février 2022
A greenish-yellow and brown jade bracelet, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC
Lot 702. A greenish-yellow and brown jade bracelet, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC; 5 3⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 11,340. © Christie's 2022
The thick disc has a central aperture drilled from both sides. The mottled buff stone is suffused with a dense network of brown and russet color.
Provenance: Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 27 November 1995.
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A mottled buff and brown jade bi disc, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC
Lot 701. A mottled buff and brown jade bi disc, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC; 5 3⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) diam., cloth box. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 18,900. © Christie's 2022
The thick disc has a central aperture drilled from both sides. The mottled buff stone is suffused with a dense network of brown and russet color.
Provenance: Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 27 November 1995.
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Murillo's prodigal son series travels to the U.S. for the first time for Meadows exhibition
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682), The Prodigal Son Receiving His Portion, 1660s. Oil on canvas, 411/8 x 53 in. (104.5 x 134.5 cm). National Gallery of Ireland. Presented,Sir Alfred and Lady Beit, 1987 (Beit Collection); NGI.4540. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland.
DALLAS, TX.- The Meadows Museum, SMU has opened a major exhibition focusing on Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s series of six paintings illustrating the biblical parable of the prodigal son. On loan from the National Gallery of Ireland, the... [Lire la suite]22 février 2022
'Silent Poetry. Delicate paintings from the Southern Song dynasty' at National Palace Museum, Taipei
TAIPEI - Although literature and painting are two different modes of artistic expression, during the Southern Song dynasty, the surfaces of fans, albums, and small paintings were graced with no small number of paintings where "poetic sentiments merged with painted imagery." These richly poetic, finely-painted, small-sized artworks are broadly referred to as "delicate paintings" in this exhibit. The creation of artworks where painting and poetry blend into one another can be traced back to Su Shi (1037-1101) and other Northern Song... [Lire la suite]