7 mars 2023

Maria Manetti Shrem, pictured with her husband, Jan Shrem in 2016, bought the Picasso 25 years ago for £1.2 million. Getty Images. NEW YORK, NY.- This May in New York, Sotheby’s will offer some 17 exceptional works from the collection of Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem, passionate collectors, highly successful entrepreneurs and visionaries and, not least, philanthropists of the highest order whose transformative support has benefitted a wide-range of causes in the fine arts, music, education, and medical... [Lire la suite]

Iran, Ewer, 1607–08, brass; cast, engraved, and inlaid with black compound, the Hossein Afshar Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. HOUSTON - The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announced that new galleries devoted to art from historic Islamic lands will open to the public in early 2023. With the new galleries more than doubling the Museum’s current gallery space for Islamic art, the MFAH will be able to present its permanent collection, enhanced by a significant selection of Persian masterworks from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 848. A russet-painted black-glazed pillow, Northern Song dynasty-Jin dynasty, 12th century; 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) long, cloth box. Estimate USD 12,000 – USD 18,000. Price Realised USD 12,600. © Christie's 2023 Of elongated octagonal form, the waisted pillow is molded on the lower portion with recessed panels between petal lappet borders interrupted by columns at the angles and two figures at the back. The slightly concave top is painted in iron-rust brown with a feathery floral motif. The flat base is pierced with two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 847. A black-glazed bottle vase, Song dynasty (960-1279); 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 20,000 – USD 30,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2023 The vase has a pear-shaped body that rises to a tall, slightly flared neck with lipped rim, and is covered with a rich brownish-black glaze suffused with bluish-tan areas around the sides and ending in a sweeping line above the foot. Provenance: J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4857. Note: The elongated pear shape of this... [Lire la suite]