7 novembre 2023

PARIS - Après avoir terminé le film Éternité (2016), Trần Anh Hùng a commencé à explorer le monde de l'argile, totalisant 7 ans de pratique. Contrairement à la réalisation d'un film, où le scénario est toujours présent à l'esprit, les plans élaborés des années à l'avance et les multiples 'couches' de post-production, la fabrication de la céramique est une touche directe, pleine de surprises. Certains qualifient le façonnage comme automatique. Hùng caresse la texture, laissant l'argile guider ses mains, par vagues. Les objets... [Lire la suite]

Lot 67. A large 'Kubachi' pottery dish, Safavid North West Iran, early 17th century; 45cm diam. Price realised GBP 10,080 (GBP 10,000 – GBP 15,000). © Christies 2023 The white ground decorated in turquoise, cobalt-blue, bole-red, cream and black, with central cusped roundel containing small rosettes and flowerheads amidst stylised palmettes, the rim with repeating vegetal cartouches, the reverse plain, two drill holes to the foot. Provenance: With French trade, 18 July 1975... [Lire la suite]

The following lots (27-43) come from a Private American collection. They were all excavated with legal licenses in Iran in the 1930s and 40s and were brought to America at a time when Europe was becoming more troubled, and America was considered the marketplace with the greatest potential. The supply of serious works of art, coupled with active promotion by scholars such as Arthur Upham Pope, meant that interest in collecting Persian art rapidly grew, with museums building up representative collections as well as private individuals... [Lire la suite]