octobre 2023

Gabrielle Chanel, 31 rue Cambon, 1937, Paris. Photo: Roger Schall/Condé Nast/Shutterstock LONDON - Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto is the first UK exhibition dedicated to the work of French couturière, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, charting the evolution of her iconic design style and the establishment of the House of CHANEL, from the opening of her first millinery boutique in Paris in 1910 to the showing of her final collection in 1971. Featuring almost 200 looks seen together for the first time, as well as accessories,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 49. A rare massive white-glazed 'dragon' fish bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 72cm diam. Sold for €32,000 (Estimate €15,000 - €20,000).  Photo Bonhams. Sturdily potted with steeply rounded sides tapering towards the unglazed foot, sloping at the gently incurved shoulders to a wide mouth with rounded lip, boldly carved around the exterior with a pair of ferocious five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, amidst flames and cruciform clouds, above rolling and cresting waves and craggy rockwork around... [Lire la suite]

Lot 22. A small Dehua figure of the Bodhidharma, 17th-18th century; 12.2cm high. Sold for €2,304.  Photo Bonhams. Standing, dressed in a voluminous robe, falling in heavy folds over his arms crossed in front of him, his face with a stern expression, with bushy prominent eyebrows over protruding eyes. Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967), StockholmSotheby's Paris, 12 July 2008, lot 67. Published: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 22. A small Dehua figure of the luohan Pintoulo, 17th-18th century; 7cm high. Sold for €1,536.  Photo Bonhams. Seated with his body slightly turned to the left, his voluminous robe covering his head and enveloping his body, his hands hidden in the long sleeves of his robe, his face with bulging eyes and a long moustache, covered overall with a creamy white glaze with olive tones. Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967), StockholmSotheby's Paris, 12 July 2008, lot 67. Published: Bo... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. A small Dehua figure of Damo, 17th-18th century; 9.8cm high. Sold for €2,560.  Photo Bonhams. Seated with his right leg up, dressed in a voluminous monastic robe falling in graceful folds around the body and legs, one hand hidden within the long sleeve, the other and one foot exposed, the sensitively modeled face with closed eyes and a contemplative expression, covered overall in a creamy glaze of ivory tone. Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe (1884-1967), StockholmSotheby's Paris, 12 July... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. A Dehua figure of Guanyin, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 19.3cm high. Sold for €12,160.  Photo Bonhams. Seated dressed in a flowing robe falling in well defined pleats, her left leg raised supporting both arms, holding a scroll in her left hand, her face with downcast eyes and a calm expression, her hair piled high and fronted by a diadem below a diaphanous scarf, the glaze a bluish tone.  Provenance: Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, by descent in the family and acquired... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. A Dehua reticulated brushpot, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 13.7cm high. Sold for €6,656.  Photo Bonhams. Of tall cylindrical form, the sides pierced with a design of a leafy peony scroll issuing three large blossoms with incised details, all between grooved borders at the rim and foot, the interior and exterior covered with a lustrous creamy-white glaze. Provenance: Imperial Oriental Art, New York (according to label on the base)Sotheby's Hongkong, 5 November 1996, lot 827Private Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. A small Dehua oil lap and stand, 17th century, ca. 1650-1700; 10.4cm high overall ; 9.5cm diam. (3 ). Sold for €9,600.  Photo Bonhams. The compressed jar rising to a waisted neck and flared rim, the interior with a small cylindrical tube with an aperture at its base, the exterior incised with a five-character inscription, all supported on a bombé stand cut with three openings above the spreading foot, covered overall in an unctuous white glaze, wood stand. Provenance: Christie's London, 19... [Lire la suite]

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (detail; c. 1520–24), Andrea Solario. Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna. © KHM-Museumsverband.  Frankfurt- It is a turning point in the history of art: Renaissance Painting. What began in Italy developed into something completely new in northern Europe - with the painters Hans Holbein the Elder. Ä. (around 1464–1524) and Hans Burgkmair (1473–1531) as pioneers of this unique art. Its center was the free imperial and trading city of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 35. A blue and white censer, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 25.8cm diam. Sold for €9,600.  Photo Bonhams. The compressed globular body raised on three short feet, painted around the exterior with a continuous landscape scene with two scholars strolling on a mountain path surrounded by lofty mountains, a fisherman in a sampan on a river.. Provenance: Hoffmann collection, Berlin, acquired from China Bohlken, Berlin, in 1927 (according to a note)Lempertz, Cologne, 1 December 2000, lot 550. Published and... [Lire la suite]