14 mars 2022

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Olive Grove, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, November-December 1889, oil on canvas, 73.2 cm x 92.2 cm,Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum presents an exhibition focusing on the fifteen paintings of olive groves that Vincent van Gogh made in 1889 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The painter himself believed these works to have been amongst the best he had made in the South of France. Thanks to exceptional loans from museums in the United... [Lire la suite]

Lot 141. A jade notched disc (Xuanji), Neolithic period-Shang dynasty. Width 2½ in., 6.4 cm. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD. Lot sold: 2,520 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Mrs P.S. Borland. Sotheby's London, 19th July 1955, lot 115 (part lot). Collection of Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.3.12A. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 140. A calcified jade bi, Neolithic period - Zhou dynasty. Diameter 6½ in., 16.5 cm. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Lot sold: 3,150 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. E.3.2. Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 170. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. An extremely rare inscribed brown jade ceremonial blade (Zhang), Neolithic period. Length 14¾ in., 37.5 cm. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot sold: 52,920 USD. © Sothebys. one side later carved with a sixteen-character inscription reading wei ri X wang zai X ling wang sheng nan X X bao nan ling X. Provenance: Collection of Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.3.26. Note: Enigmatic... [Lire la suite]