8 juin 2023

Lot 70. Deux ornements en bronze à patine verte en forme de masques de taotie, Chine, Epoque Zhou (1028-256 av. J.-C.). (Restauration). H : 7 - L : 10,5 - P : 8 cm. Estimation : 1 000 € - 1 500 €. Courtesy Thierry de Maigret. Figure dans l'inventaire de Monsieur J.-C. Moreau-Gobard en date du 1er juillet 1965, Bronzes Chine, p. 2, n°15. Lot 71. Paire d'ornements sur tige en forme de masque de taotie en bronze à patine brune, Epoque Han (206 av. J.-C. - 220 ap. J.-C.). (Oxydations). H : 9,5... [Lire la suite]

Lot 62. Provenant de l'ancienne collection des marquis de Chasseloup-Labat. Coupe libatoire en corne de rhinocéros, Chine, XVIIe-XVIIIe siècle. H : 12,5 - L : 16 cm Poids : 565 g. Estimation: 10000 - 15000 EUR. Courtesy Thierry de Maigret. à décor sculpté de dignitaires et couples de daims sous les pins dans un paysage montagneux et parmi les nuages. (Accidents). Note: Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat, éminent conseiller d'État, ministre de la Marine et des Colonies sous Napoléon III, commence à collecter... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. Rare extrémité de tambour Mbembe sculptée d'une représentation de maternité (Nigeria). Bois avec traces de pigments colorés, anciens accidents et manques visibles. H : 106 cm. Estimation: 12000 - 15000 EUR. Courtesy Thierry de Maigret. Cette imposante sculpture de mère assise portant son enfant à bout de bras provient d'une des deux extrémités des grands tambours à fentes Ikoro d'un village Mbembe de la Cross River. L'autre extrémité était en général sculptée d'une figure de guerrier armé pouvant tenir... [Lire la suite]

Photo: Bonhams. LONDON.- Six works by Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), unseen by the public for the past 50 years, are to be offered at auction for the very first time. The works form part of a sale 20th Century Masters : A Private Collection – Kandinsky and Fontana to Baselitz, which comes to Bonhams New Bond Street on Thursday 29 June 2023. The collection will also be on view in Paris on Friday 5th, Wednesday 10th, and Thursday 11th May.Leading the sale will be Concetto spaziale, Attese, 1959, an extremely rare early... [Lire la suite]

Bronze mirror with gold repoussé plaque, China, Tang dynasty, 618 – 906. Width: 10.1 cm. © Ben Janssens Oriental Art 2023  A bronze mirror of nearly square shape, the corners indented. The back is inset with a gold plaque, which is worked in repoussé technique. The main decoration of the plaque consists of a pair of duck and a pair of long-tailed birds arranged around a central pierced boss in the form of a crouching lion. The birds alternate with flowering plants. The background of the design is formed by a very fine... [Lire la suite]

Michaelina Wautier, 'Study of a Head of a Bearded Man’, ca. 1655, oil op panel, ca. 76,5 x 26,5 x 5 cm, Collection M Leuven, source: artinflanders.be, photo: Cedric Verhelst. LEUVEN .- M Leuven welcomes Study of a Head of a Bearded Man into its collection. It is a recently discovered painting from the oeuvre of Michaelina Wautier, who worked in Brussels in the seventeenth-century. This extremely rare study from c. 1655 was authenticated by Wautier expert, Katlijne Van der Stighelen (KU Leuven). The work will be... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A large Dehua figure of Buddha, China, 17th-18th century; h. 52.5 cm. Estimate € 1.200,00 / 1.500,00. Courtesy Marco Polo. A blanc-de-chine porcelain figure of a Buddha in a standing position on a lotus flower, with his right arm outstretched and his left hand holding a berla. It has elongated earlobes, a necklace and hair gathered in curls. Provenance: a European private collection. Note: A similar figure is in the British Museum in London, registration number PDF.414. Lot 18. A figure of a Dehua seated Guanyin... [Lire la suite]