Ecologie & Biodiversité

Lot 54. A small wool 'Five-dragon' carpet, 18th-19th century; 97cm (38 2/8in) x 83.5cm (32 7/8in). Sold for €4,462.50 (Estimate € 600-1,000). Photo Fabrice Gousset. The carpet of nearly square shape, finely woven with a central front-facing five-clawed dragon, encircled by four writhing dragons turned to the central beast amidst flames and bats, within rolling waves and interspersed with ruyi designs. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981)Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) Bonhams. The Robert and... [Lire la suite]

Mountain Rock and Alpine Rose, 1844 (or 1849). John Ruskin (1819 – 1900). Pencil, ink, chalk, watercolor and gouache, 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Ruskin Foundation (Ruskin Library, Lancaster University) (RF 1395).  WILMINGTON, DEL.- "Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating," wrote British critic and artist John Ruskin. Nearly one hundred years later, Brandywine Valley artist Andrew Wyeth advised artists to simply, "hold a mirror up to nature. Don't overdo it, don't underdo it." Even... [Lire la suite]

Bathysphaera Intacta circling the Bathyspere, Else Bostelmann, Bermuda, 1934. Watercolor on paper, 18,5" x 24,5". Courtesy of the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives. Photo by Martin Parsekian. NEW YORK, NY.- The Drawing Center presents Exploratory Works: Drawings from the Department of Tropical Research Field Expeditions, an exhibition examining the images produced by the Department of Tropical Research (DTR) during their pioneering ecological expeditions to South America and the Caribbean in the first... [Lire la suite]

Cyclosoma palliata Cyclosoma palliata

Catoxantha opulenta Catoxantha opulenta Catoxantha opulenta Catoxantha eburnea

Conognatha azarae Conognatha germaini Conognatha iris Conognatha amoena

Blue Indian Ringneck Parrot Indian Ringneck Parrot   Indian Ringneck Parrot by Ryan Khine

Metaximorpha hauseri Metaxymorpha apicalis Metaximorpha meeki Metaximorpha nigrofasciata

Racket tailed Treepie, Thailand. Dollar roller, Wong Jay Coraciidae. A bird native of Thailand. Blossom-headed Parakeet, Thailand. Northern Lapwing, Thailand. Black-collared Starling, Thailand. Pied Imperial Pigeon, Thailand. Green Cochoa, Thailand. Fire-tufted Barbet, Wong Barbet Megalaimidae, Thailand Eurasian Jay, Thailand. Grey-chinned Minivet, Thailand.

Portraits de Poissons combattants du Siam par Visarute Angkatavanich