03 juillet 2022
'Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World' at Getty Villa, until August 8, 2022
Plaque with a Winged Lion-Griffin, Achaemenid, 500–330 BC. Gold. H: 0.3 × W: 10.5 × D: 10.8 cm (1/8 × 4 1/8 × 4 1/4 in.). The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, A28582. Photo: Courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
Ancient Iran, historically known as Persia, was the dominant nation of western Asia for over a millennium (about 550 BC–AD 650), with three native dynasties—the Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sasanians—controlling empires of unprecedented size and complexity.
Their principal... [Lire la suite]03 juillet 2022
Two Knife Hafts, Early 18th Century
Lot 12. Two Knife Hafts, Early 18th Century; 3 1/2 in., 9 cm. long. Lot sold: 1,764 EUR (Estimate: 1,500 - 2,600 EUR). © Sotheby's
one in white stoneware with black glaze, perhaps Böttger, the other in glazed white stoneware.
Sotheby's. Transformed by Fire A Private Collection of Early Meissen, Cologne, 1 July 202203 juillet 2022
An Early Meissen White Porcelain Figure of a Pagod, 1713-15
Lot 10. An Early Meissen White Porcelain Figure of a Pagod, 1713-15; 3 1/2 in., 9.5 cm high. Lot sold: 9,450 EUR (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 EUR). © Sotheby's
the seated robed figure resting his right hand on his knee, the other hand tucked beneath his robes.
Provenance: By repute, Fürst von Lichtenberg;
Sydney J. Lamon Collection, New York, sold, Christie's, London, 29 November 1973, lot 21
Literature: Ulrich Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellanaus einer... [Lire la suite]