juin 2022

Horst P Horst, Vogue USA, 15 mars 1937 © Horst P. Horst, Vogue / Condé Nast PARIS - Du 6 juillet 2022 au 22 janvier 2023, le musée des Arts décoratifs met à l’honneur l’œuvre audacieuse et inspirante d’Elsa Schiaparelli, créatrice italienne, dont l’inspiration s’est nourrie d’une relation privilégiée avec les artistes du milieu de l’avant-garde parisienne des années 1920 et 1930. Près de 20 ans après la rétrospective qui lui a été consacrée en 2004, le musée a souhaité revisiter son œuvre afin de faire... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2044. A superb 14.35 carat Colombian emerald and diamond ring, no oil. Estimate upon request. © Poly Auction Hong Kong Limited 2022 Set with a rectangular-shaped emerald weighing 14.35 carats, flanked on each side by trapezoid-shaped diamonds, mounted in platinum and 18K gold, ring size 5 3/4. SSEF, 2016, report no. 87568, 14.350 carat, Colombia, no indications of clarity enhancement Gübelin, 2016, report no. 16097232, 14.35 carat, Colombia, no indications of clarity enhancement. SSEF, 2015, report no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 41. A wucai 'floral' bowl, 17th century. Diameter 5⅞ in., 15 cm. Lot sold: 1,386 USD (Estimate: 800 - 1,200 USD). © Sotheby's the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Property from the Collection of Loyd and Linda Crawley. Sotheby's, China - 5000 Years, New York, 17–29 June 2022

Lot 39. A blue and white 'figural' basin, Ming dynasty, Chongzhen period. Diameter 11 in., 27.9 cm. Lot sold: 10,080 USD (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's Property from a New York Private Collection. Provenance: Marchant, London, March 1984. The Sengers Collection, no. 172. Marchant, London, 2001. Sotheby's New York, 13th September 2017, lot 180. Exhibited: Expositie "Schatten uit de Oost" of "De Kunst van het Verzamelen" / Eighty Years of Chinese... [Lire la suite]

Lot 39. A blue and white 'lotus' jar, 17th century. Height 5 in., 12.8 cm. Lot sold: 1,512 USD (Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500 USD). © Sotheby's Property from a New York Private Collection. Provenance: Collection of Morton and Grace Gordon; Christie's New York, 24th March 2011, lot 1149 (part lot). Sotheby's, China - 5000 Years, New York, 17–29 June 2022

Lot 38. A blue and white 'figural' dish, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620). Diameter 5⅜ in., 13.8 cm. Lot sold: 3,150 USD (Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 USD). © Sotheby's the base with a four-character mark reading da Ming nian zhi in underglaze blue within a double circle. Property from a New York Private Collection. Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 13th September 2017, lot 62. Sotheby's, China - 5000 Years, New York, 17–29 June 2022

Lot 36. A carved 'Longquan' 'peony' vase, Yuan-early Ming dynasty. Height 14½ in., 37 cm. Lot sold: 10,080 USD (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD). © Sotheby's Property from a New York Private Collection. Provenance: Christie's New York, 17th September 2015, lot 2354. Sotheby's, China - 5000 Years, New York, 17–29 June 2022

Lot 10. Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992), Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud, oil on canvas, 198 by 147.5 cm. 78 by 58 in. Executed in May 1964. Lot sold: 43,336,000 GBP. © Sotheby's LONDON.- Unseen in half a century, Francis Bacon’s magnetic portrait of Lucian Freud just sold for £43.4 million / $52.8 million in Sotheby’s London saleroom - becoming the most valuable work of art sold at auction in London this season. In its first market appearance, the painting became... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 30. A 'Cizhou' lobed jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1366). Height 8 in., 20.4 cm. Lot sold: 4,032 USD (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's Property from the Collection of Gary and Mary Lea Bandy. Provenance: Nicholas S Pitcher Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 17th October 2017. Lot 31. A small 'Jun' handled jar, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1366). Width 4¾ in., 12 cm. Lot sold: 4,788 USD (Estimate: 1,000 - 1,500... [Lire la suite]

Lot 29. A painted 'Cizhou' pillow, Jin-Yuan dynasty (1115-1366). Width 12½ in., 31.8 cm. Lot sold: 3,780 USD (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's the base with an impressed mark reading Zhang jia zao. Property of a California Private Collector. Provenance: Christie's New York, 17th September 2015, lot 2333. Sotheby's, China - 5000 Years, New York, 17–29 June 2022