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Bronze mirror with gold repoussé plaque, China, Tang dynasty, 618 – 906. Width: 10.1 cm. © Ben Janssens Oriental Art 2023  A bronze mirror of nearly square shape, the corners indented. The back is inset with a gold plaque, which is worked in repoussé technique. The main decoration of the plaque consists of a pair of duck and a pair of long-tailed birds arranged around a central pierced boss in the form of a crouching lion. The birds alternate with flowering plants. The background of the design is formed by a very fine... [Lire la suite]

Michaelina Wautier, 'Study of a Head of a Bearded Man’, ca. 1655, oil op panel, ca. 76,5 x 26,5 x 5 cm, Collection M Leuven, source: artinflanders.be, photo: Cedric Verhelst. LEUVEN .- M Leuven welcomes Study of a Head of a Bearded Man into its collection. It is a recently discovered painting from the oeuvre of Michaelina Wautier, who worked in Brussels in the seventeenth-century. This extremely rare study from c. 1655 was authenticated by Wautier expert, Katlijne Van der Stighelen (KU Leuven). The work will be... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. A large Dehua figure of Buddha, China, 17th-18th century; h. 52.5 cm. Estimate € 1.200,00 / 1.500,00. Courtesy Marco Polo. A blanc-de-chine porcelain figure of a Buddha in a standing position on a lotus flower, with his right arm outstretched and his left hand holding a berla. It has elongated earlobes, a necklace and hair gathered in curls. Provenance: a European private collection. Note: A similar figure is in the British Museum in London, registration number PDF.414. Lot 18. A figure of a Dehua seated Guanyin... [Lire la suite]

Lot 32. A Longquan celadon 'Twin fish' dish, China, Yuan - Ming period; d. 19.2 cm. Estimate € 2.000,00 / 3.000,00. Courtesy Marco Polo. The rounded sides rising from the tapered foot to the everted rim are sculpted on the outside with a band of petals, while the centre of the interior is decorated in relief with two small fish, all under a green glaze that also covers the inside of the foot.Provenance: a private collection from Rome. Marco Polo, Fine Asian Art, Milan, 20 June 2023.

Lot 22. A gilt-bronze mirror-stand and mirror, China, Yuan - Ming period; h. 19 cm x l. 23 cm. Estimate € 9.000,00 / 12.000,00. Courtesy Marco Polo. Magnificently cast in the form of a crouching animal, on a cloud-shaped stand he holds an archaistic mirror decorated with birds and animals on his shoulders.Marco Polo, Fine Asian Art, Milan, 20 June 2023.

Lot 57. A group of six blue and white porcelain 'carp and dragon' bowls, China for Southeast Asia, early 20th century. Diam. 16.5 to 30 cm. Estimate €600 - €800. Sold for €768 inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2023 Provenance: European private collection, acquired in the 1980s. Lot 58. A group of three blue and white porcelain bowls and dish, China for Southeast Asia, 18th-19th century. Diam. 16.5 to 30 cm each. Estimate €400 - €600. Sold for €512 inc. premium. ©... [Lire la suite]

Installation view of Nicolas Party and Rosalba Carriera at Frick Madison. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr. NEW YORK, NY.- The Frick Collection has unveiled a large pastel mural commissioned from the Swiss-born artist Nicolas Party (b. 1980) at the museum’s temporary home, Frick Madison. This site-specific work was created in response to Rosalba Carriera’s Portrait of a Man in Pilgrim’s Costume—one of two eighteenth-century pastels by Rosalba bequeathed to the Frick by Alexis Gregory in 2020. The installation features Rosalba’s... [Lire la suite]

Robert von Langer, The human race threatened by the element of water, 1804 © ALBERTINA, Wien. WIEN - History painting has always enjoyed a special status and was long viewed as the capstone of any artist’s career. It encompasses history in a comprehensive sense and deals with human doings, human sentiments, and human passions. It is in classicist works that history painting reached its zenith. This ALBERTINA Museum exhibition, which features works from the museum’s own holdings, tells of prominent historical occurrences... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 45. A green-glazed stoneware vase, hu, Vietnam, Han-Viet period, 1st-3rd century. H. 25 cm. Estimate €500 - €700. Sold for €1,088 inc. premium. © Bonhams 2001-2023 Provenance: European private collection, acquired in the 1980s. Note: Vietnam was under Chinese rule for a thousand years until the establishment of the Ngô dynasty (939), the first unified dynasty in North Vietnam. Ash-glazed pottery, such as the offered vase, was produced under the influence of the Han dynasty. Covered with... [Lire la suite]

Karel Du Jardin, Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles. Allegory on the Transitoriness and the Brevity of Life, 1663. National Gallery of Denmark COPENHAGEN.- National Gallery of Denmark is now opening a major exhibition on Baroque art, unpacking the history of this time of turmoil in seventeenth-century Western Europe. Several of the exhibits have been brought out of storage especially for this event: now, after several years of conservation work, they are on public display again for the first time in generations. The... [Lire la suite]