18 mars 2023

Buddhist Triad, Consisting of the Buddha, Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara and Bodhisattva Vajrāpani, Indonesia, Central Java, Early 9th century. Silver. Courtesy POLAK WORKS OF ART at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Ex coll.: Private Dutch collection, till 1958Private Dutch collection, till 1989Private Dutch collection. Exhibited: Hildesheim, Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum, 13 Aug. - 26 Nov. 1995Mannheim, Reisz-Museum, 17 Dec. 1995 - 21 April 1996Tempere, Tempere Art Museum, 24 May - 3 Nov.... [Lire la suite]

Avalokiteshvara, East India, Pala period, 11th-12th century. Phyllite, 97.5 cm (38.4 in.). Courtesy ROSSI & ROSSI (HONG KONG) LIMITED at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Christie's New York, 21 March 2012, Lot 739Christie's Amsterdam, 18 October 2005, Lot 38Private Collection, United Kingdom, 1970s. Literature: 2016. Published in Buddha: 2000 Years of Buddhist Art, 232 Masterpieces, by Grewenig, M.M. & Rist, E, page pl. 302015. Published in 108 Encounters, page pl. 16.

Bouddha Sakyamuni, Japan, 12th century. Lacquered Sandalwood, 96 x 28 x 15 cm (37.8 x 11 x 5.9 in.). Courtesy  GALERIE JACQUES BARRÈRE at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection of Mr. Kano Oshima  

Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1955. Oil and glass on canvas, 51 x 75 cm. Signed and dated (lower right): “L. Fontana, ’55“; signed, titled and dated (on the reverse): L. Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1955". Courtesy MAZZOLENI at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private Collection, Paris (186/48)Galerie Michel Couturier, ParisGalleria Medea, MilanGalleria Seno, Milan (11/50)Private Collection, Milan (1983) Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) founded his poetics of “Spatialism” on the analysis of the virtual... [Lire la suite]

A Greek gold chain necklace, Hellenistic, circa 3rd century BC. Gold, Length: 43.4 cm. Courtesy KALLOS GALLERY at   Provenance: Jean Sigrist Collection, Basel, acquired in the 1960s - 1970sWith Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 2002Private Collection, Switzerland. The necklace is composed of three loop-in-loop chains fastened together to form a ribbon, with a fringe of small seed-pod pendants attached to the outer links of the necklace. The terminals are in the form of elliptical plates bordered with beaded wire... [Lire la suite]

Egyptian Sarcophagus Cover, Late Dynastic Period-early Ptolemaic Period, c.350-300 BC. Limestone, H. 57.5 cm (22.6 in.). Courtesy CHARLES EDE at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection, Bochum, Germany; acquired prior to WWII, thence by descent. The deceased is shown idealised, wearing a smooth wig tucked behind large ears, the lappets falling forwards over the shoulders, framing a delicately carved, broad, collar necklace. The face has elongated cosmetic lines to the lids and brows, the lips are... [Lire la suite]

An Urbino “Istoriato” Maiolica Plate, “Horatius Cocles Defends a Bridge Against the Etruscans”, c. 1550. Tin-glazed earthenware, 46 cm (diameter) (18.1 in. diam.). Price: 95.000 EUR. Courtesy JULIUS BÖHLER KUNSTHANDLUNG at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Collection Baron Adolphe de Rothschild Paris;By descent to Maurice de Rothschild;Duveen Bros., New York, 1916;Clarence H. MacKay, New York;Dr. H. Deutsch Collection, Belle Harbour, Long Island, New York;Sotheby‘s London, 14 May 1963, lot 33;Christie‘s... [Lire la suite]

Bactrian 'Princess', Late 3rd - early 2nd millennium BCE, Oxus civilisation, Central Asia, Bactria-Margiana. Chlorite and calcite, 10.5 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm (4.13 x 3.75 x 2.16 in.). Courtesy GALERIE KEVORKIAN at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Ex Edward Montague collection, UK.Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 October, 1988.French private collection, Paris. Literature: 2001. Published in Afganistan, una historia milenaria, page 96, catalogue n° 92002. Published in Afghanistan, une histoire millénaire, page 94, catalogue... [Lire la suite]