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Lot 99. A Langyao-type foliate bowl, 18th century; 7¾ in. (20 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 500 - GBP 700. Price realised GBP 1,016. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004 With petal-moulded rounded sides rising from a tapered foot to a flaring foliate rim, covered in a thick bubble-suffused and finely crackled reddish-brown glaze below a white rim and stopping neatly around the foot, the base glazed turquoise, small rim chip, frit and short crack.  Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 96. A pair of copper-red-glazed dishes, Underglaze-blue Qianlong six-character seal marks and of the period (1736-1795); 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 800 - GBP 1,200. Price realised GBP 657. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004 With shallow rounded sides rising from straight feet to flaring rims, covered overall in an even copper-red glaze thinning to white towards the rims and stopping neatly around the feet, the bases glazed white, shallow rim chips.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 95. A pair of Langyao dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 8½ in. (21.7 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 3,346. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004 Each with shallow rounded sides on a tapering foot rising to a wide flaring rim, the exteriors covered in a crackled, ruby-coloured glaze below the white mouth rims and stopping neatly above the unglazed feet, the bases with a crackled translucent celadon glaze.  Provenance: E. T. Hall Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 92. A pair of Langyao dishes, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500. Price realised GBP 2,151. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004 Each with shallow rounded sides rising from a tapering foot to a wide flaring rim, covered overall in a crackled, ruby-colured glaze thinning to white towards the rims and stopping neatly above the feet, the bases with a crackled translucent celadon glaze, minor rim chips.  Provenance: E. T. Hall... [Lire la suite]

Lot 72. A puce-enamelled bowl and cover, Underglaze-blue Qianlong six-character seal marks and of the period (1736-1795); 4 5/8 in. (11.6 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 500 - GBP 700. Price realised GBP 1,016. © Christie's Images Ltd 2004 The bowl with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a slightly flaring rim, the domed cover surmounted by a flaring finial; the exterior covered in an opaque reddish-pink enamel stopping neatly around the rim and foot, the interior, base and... [Lire la suite]

Comme des Garçons by Rei Kawakubo Prêt-à-porter, autumn-winter 2016. Dress. Printed brocade fabric, iridescent printed lurex damask and red cotton velvet. Palais Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Acquisition Vogue Paris Foundation 2016, GAL2017.17.9.1 à 3. BILBAO.- As part of The Guest Work programme, sponsored by the Banco Santander Foundation, the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is exhibiting a creation from the autumn-winter 2016 collection of the Japanese prêt-à-porter brand Comme... [Lire la suite]

  From the Collection of J.E. Safra. Lot 75. Giovanni Antonio Canal, Il Canaletto (Venice 1697-1768), View of the South front of Warwick Castle, detail. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces Old Master & British Drawings Including Works from the Collection of Jean Bonna will take place on January 28 in New York. The auction offers a wide variety of works on paper covering over five hundred years from approximately 1480 to the mid-19th Century. Comprised of 129... [Lire la suite]

French designer Emanuel Ungaro poses on July 31, 1980 in Paris. Pierre GUILLAUD / AFP. PARIS (AFP).- French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro, who described himself as a "sensual obsessive", has died in Paris at the age of 86, his family told AFP on Sunday.Ungaro, who retired from fashion in 2004, died on Saturday after two years in a "weakened" state of health, a family member said.He was born in Aix-en-Province in southern France in 1933 to a family of Italian immigrants, and moved at the tender age of 22 to Paris, where... [Lire la suite]

Lot 99. A Chinese flambé-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong six-character incised sealmark and of the period (1736-1795); 13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000. Price realised 23,750 GBP . © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Covered overall with a vibrant flambé glaze streaked with tones of purple, pale blue and milky-white, thinning to beige at the rim. Christie's. A South American Private Collection, London, 5 December 201

Lot 122. A pair of Chinese seated hounds, Qianlong period (1736-1795); 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 6,000 - GBP 10,000. Price realised 7,500 GBP . © Christie's Image Ltd 2019. Each modelled with its tail curled round its haunches wearing a green collar with a gilt bell and the fur highlighted in iron-red. Christie's. A South American Private Collection, London, 5 December 2019