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Leonardo’s Legacy: Francesco Melzi and the Leonardeschi at The National Gallery in London

Francesco Melzi, 'Flora', about 1520 © The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 2019. Photo: Vladimir Terebenin The National Gallery in London is marking the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death with a display presenting the exceptional loan...

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Tags: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Francesco Melzi, 'Flora', Martino Piazza, Marco d'Oggiono

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5 juin 2019

Joslyn Art Museum Acquires a Stunning Still Life By One of the Few Female 17th-Century Dutch Artists

Maria van Oosterwyck (Dutch, 1630–1693), Still Life of Flowers in a Glass Vase, ca. 1685, oil on canvas, 31 ¾ x 26 ¼ inches, Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha, NE), Museum purchase with funds from the Ethel S. Abbott Art Endowment Fund and the General Art Endowment...

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Tags: Maria van Oosterwyck

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5 juin 2019

Trois superbes Mandalas du Tibet Oriental-Chine, c. 18° siècle chez Cornette de Saint Cyr

L'un des trois mandalas in situ dans l'appartement de Josette et Théo Schulmann. Courtesy Cornette de Saint Cyr. Lot 40. Mandala d'Avalokiteshvara (Avalokitevara), Tibet Oriental-Chine, c. 18° siècle. Détrempe sur toile, 143 x 103 cm. Estimation: €12,000...

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Tags: Avalokiteshvara, Mandala, Vajrabhairava, Tibet Oriental-Chine, c. 18° siècle, Sarvavid Vairocana

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5 juin 2019

Getty Museum acquires Veit Stoss Corpus Christi, intends to acquire Wright of Derby painting

Corpus Christi (Face Detail), about 1490-1500, wood, by Veit Stoss (1447 –1533). LOS ANGELES, CA .- The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today its intent to acquire Two Boys with a Bladder, about 1769-70, a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, which has...

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Tags: Corpus Christi, Joseph Wright of Derby, Veit Stoss, about 1490-1500

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4 juin 2019

Tianminlou – A Small History of Chinese Ceramics

Unknown Delights from the Tianminlou Collection Regina Krahl The Tianminlou collection, assembled by Ko Shih Chao, better known as S.C. Ko (1911 – 1992), can be considered one of the most remarkable private assemblages of Chinese ceramics. It is most...

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Tags: Sancai, Tang Dynasty (618-907), chicken-head ewer, amber-glazed, 'Yue' celadon, Jin dynasty (1115-1234), Liao-Jin dynasty (907-1234), Tianminlou Collection, 'foliate' vase, standing groom, 'chrysanthemum' square dish, )'Fish' dish, Liao dynasty (907-1125

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4 juin 2019

Remarkable Roman marble hounds lead Bonhams Antiquities sale

Lot 151. Two Roman marble figures of Celtic hounds, Circa 2nd Century A.D.; 74.5 and 68cm high respectively. Estimate £ 200,000 - 300,000 € 230,000 - 340,000. Sold for £ 807,062 (€ 895,542). Photo: Bonhams. LONDON .- Two Roman marble figures of Celtic...

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Tags: roman marble, Minerva, Satyr, Circa 1st Century A.D., circa 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D., circa 2nd century A.D., Thomas Hope collection, Archaistic head of a youthful male

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4 juin 2019

Egyptian head with features of Tutankhamen to be offered at Christie's

An Egyptian brown quartzite head of Tutankhamen as the God Amen. Estimate on request. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. LONDON .- An Egyptian brown quartzite head of Tutankhamen as the God Amen, its features reminiscent of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen, a device...

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Tags: egyptian, God Amen, Tutankhamen, brown quartzite

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4 juin 2019

A newly-discovered Lewis Chessman appears at auction

Probably Norwegian, Trondheim, A Lewis Chessman, A Warder, walrus ivory, 8.8cm., 3½in. Estimate £600,000-1,000,000 . Courtesy Sotheby's. NEW YORK, NY .- Rightly regarded as the most famous chess pieces to have survived from the medieval world, the Lewis...

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Tags: Norwegian, Walrus ivory, Trondheim, Lewis Chessman, Warder

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3 juin 2019

A rare wucai 'Eight immortals' jar, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644-1661)

Lot 345. A rare wucai 'Eight immortals' jar, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644-1661); 37 cm, 14 5/8 in. Estimate 100,000 — 200,000 HKD . Lot sold 375,000 HKD. © Sotheby's. of baluster form, painted with a scene depicting the battle between the Eight...

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Tags: Wucai, Qing dynasty, 'Eight Immortals' jar, Shunzhi period (1644-1661), Xinyangtang Collection

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3 juin 2019

A wucai lozenge-form box and cover, Transitional period

Lot 411. A wucai lozenge-form box and cover, Transitional period; 15.3 cm, 6 in. Estimate 10,000 — 20,000 HKD . Lot sold 600,000 HKD. © Sotheby's. the domed cover decorated with a dragon and phoenix amidst ruyi -clouds, the sides similarly painted below...

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Tags: Wucai, Transitional period, lozenge-form box and cover

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