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 Plat, style dit de Swatow, vers 1630-1650, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), porcelaine bleu blanc, fours de Zhangzhou, province de Fujian, Hauteur : 0.105 m, Diamètre : 0.475 m. Don A.Dubouché, 1873. Limoges, musée national Adrien Dubouché, ADL7284. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Limoges, Cité de la céramique) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi

Trois coupelles en forme de grenade, de poisson, de lièvre, vers 1620, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), porcelaine bleu blanc, fours de Jingdezhen, Hauteur : 0.175 m. Sèvres, Cité de la céramique, MNC27983-1;MNC27983-2;MNC27983-3. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres, Cité de la céramique) / Martine Beck-Coppola

Gargoulette (kendi) à bec à bulbe, début 17e siècle, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), porcelaine bleu blanc, fours de Jingdezhen, Hauteur : 0.175 m. Sèvres, Cité de la céramique, MNC6571. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres, Cité de la céramique) / Martine Beck-Coppola

Bouteille hexagonale, 2e moitié 16e siècle, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), porcelaine bleu blanc, fours de Jingdezhen, Hauteur : 0.275 m, Diamètre : 0.084 m. Sèvres, Cité de la céramique, MNC6560. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres, Cité de la céramique) / Martine Beck-Coppola

Hemmerle ring, sapphire, iron, gold. Photo © Hemmerle Hemmerle inspiration: detail of ‘Anthropometry: Princess Helena’, 1960, by Yves Klein, oil on wood . Photo Credit: The museum of modern art Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wiesenberger, Copyright © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Hemmerle earrings, garnets, copper, gold. Photo © Hemmerle Hemmerle inspiration: detail of ‘Untitled (Violet, Black, Orange, Yellow on White and Red)’, 1949 by Mark Rothko, oil on canvas. Photo Credit: Solomon... [Lire la suite]

  Plat à motif alvéolé, fin du 15e siècle, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), fours de Longquan, province de Zhejiang, grès porcelaineux à couverte céladon, Hauteur : 0.056 m, Diamètre : 0.27 m, don Georges Revoil. Sèvres, Cité de la céramique, MNC8671;MNC12189. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres, Cité de la céramique) / Martine Beck-Coppola

Jarre (guan), 15e siècle, dynastie Ming (1368-1644), fours de Longquan, province de Zhejiang, grès porcelaineux è couverte céladon, Hauteur : 0.255 m, Diamètre : 0.24 m, don Georges Revoil. Sèvres, Cité de la céramique, MNC8667. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres, Cité de la céramique) / Martine Beck-Coppola

1950 Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica. Registration no. VHX 839, Chassis no. 421/100/120 - (numbered 127 as new). Estimate £580,000-640,000 (€670,000 - 740,000). Photo: Bonhams. CHICHESTER.- In 1951, the celebrated British racing driver, Roy Salvadori, debuted his glorious new Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica at Silverstone for the BRDC International Trophy Meeting. It was the race that would forever haunt himdue to a crash that very nearly ended his fledgling racing career. “I was leading, a big thing for me then,... [Lire la suite]

HONG KONG.- Tokyo Chuo Auction will hold its 2016 Autumn Sales at Tokyo Dome Hotel from 30 August to 4 September, featuring an Evening Sale of Important Chinese Art, Ancient Bronzes from the Hayashibara Collection, Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and Calligraphy, Fine Chinese Modern Paintings, Fine Chinese Works of Art, Rubbings, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Scholar’s Objects and Ichigo Ichie - The Art of Tea Ceremony. More than 2,000 Chinese works of art with excellent provenance will be offered in the... [Lire la suite]

Johann Zoffani (1733-1810), Francis I (1708-1765), 1776-77, canvas 232 x 149 cm © KHM-Museumsverband. VIENNA.- As part of the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Kunsthistorisches Museum the Coin Collection is showing a special exhibition featuring selected gold coins from the Imperial Numophylaciums, the Emperor’s coin collection. Renowned for its size and the quality and rarity of its holdings, the world-famous collection in Vienna owes its fame to generations of Austrian rulers and their... [Lire la suite]