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A large pair of Chinese famille-verte baluster jars and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

Lot 182. From the property of Mary Duchess of Roxburghe. A large pair of Chinese famille-verte baluster jars and covers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 18,750 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. each painted with peacocks...

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Tags: Kangxi period, Qing dynasty, Baluster Jars and Covers, Famille-Verte

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14 février 2017

A Chinese jade figure of a boy, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

Lot 507. From the property of Mary Duchess of Roxburghe. A Chinese jade figure of a boy, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate 400 - 600GBP. Lot sold 22,500 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's modelled crouching over a basket, with another small boy on...

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Tags: jade, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century, figure of a boy, Mary Duchess of Roxburghe

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14 février 2017

Ancient Mural Tomb Discovered in China

Beauty in death. Archaeologists in Shuozhou City, in China, have uncovered a "mural tomb" dating back almost 1,500 years. Believed to be used by a local military commander and his wife the murals cover about 860 square feet of space. This particular mural...

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Tags: green dragon, Scarlet Bird, Shuozhou, mural tomb

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14 février 2017

Ancient Tomb of Chinese General and Princess Filled with Figurines

An inscription found in the tomb says that Zhao Xin and his wife Princess Née Liu were buried together in the tomb on Mar. 18, 564 A.D. The couple are seen here, still together after 1,500 years . Credit: Photo courtesy Chinese Cultural Relics The tomb...

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Tags: camel, Warrior, Ox, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577), drummer

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14 février 2017

Nationalmuseum Sweden announces new acquisition: A botanical study by Herman Saftleven

Herman Saftleven, Study of a Sticky Nightshade or Litchi tomato (Solanum sisymbriifolium), 1683. STOCKHOLM .- Nationalmuseum has acquired a botanical watercolour study by Herman Saftleven from 1683. It depicts a sticky nightshade and was made on commission...

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Tags: Herman Saftleven, 1683, Study of a Sticky Nightshade or Litchi tomato (Solanum sisymbrii

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14 février 2017

Sotheby's unveils Asia Week New York auctions and exhibitions

An Exceptionally Rare and Large Fine Blue and White Reserve-Decorated ‘Peony’ Dish, Xuande Mark and Period. Estimate $1/1.5 million. Photo: Courtesy Sotheby’s. NEW YORK, NY .- Sotheby’s Asian Art Division is delighted to unveil its March auction schedule,...

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Tags: blue and white, Ru-type, hu-form vase, Wu Zhen, Zhu Da, Xu Beihong, 1703, Wang Jian, Yongle period (1403-1424), Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735), 'Dragon' tea caddy and cover, Aster moonflask, Studio Among Streams and Mountains, Landscape After Old Masters

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14 février 2017

Bacri Frères-Antiquaires Paris, la collection d’un des plus grands marchands d’art du milieu du XXe siècle chez Sotheby's

Corneille de La Haye dit Corneille de Lyon, Portrait d’Anne de Pisseleu, duchesse d’Étampes (1508-1580), vers 1545. E stimation : 200.000-300.000 € . Photo: Sotheby's. PARIS – Sotheby’s a l’honneur d’annoncer la vente de la collection Bacri Frères - Antiquaires...

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Tags: Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Corneille de Lyon, Bourgogne, Vierge de Calvaire, Portrait d’Anne de Pisseleu, duchesse d’Étampes (1508-1580), Gérard David, Pays-Bas méridionaux, Tapisserie représentant une scène de bataille, XVe-XVI siècles, vers 1480, Torse d’Esculape

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14 février 2017

Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Unearths Stories of Life and the Afterlife in Early China

Tomb Treasures will be on view in the museum’s first floor special exhibition galleries (Osher, Hambrecht and Lee), featuring over 160 rare selections from recent excavations in Jiangsu province, China. San Francisco — Like the Roman Empire, China’s Han...

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Tags: Lamp, 2nd century BCE, Coffin, Divination board, Jade suit, Pendant in the shape of a dragon, Warring States period (approx. 475–221 BCE), Western Han period (206 BCE–9 CE), archer figurine, belt buckles

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13 février 2017

Exhibition of Buddhist art from the Newark Museum organized exclusively for Nashville's Frist Center

Attributed to Gyeju (flourished ca. 1680s). Seated Buddha, Korea, 17th century, Joseon Period (1392–1912). Wood, lacquer, gold, and rock crystal. Newark Museum, Purchase 2013 Mr. and Mrs. William V. Griffin Fund, 2013.26. NASHVILLE, TENN .- This winter...

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Tags: Tibet, 17th century, Seated Buddha, Korea, Gyeju, Joseon Period (1392–1912), King Yama of Hell, Amitabha (Buddha of Limitless Light) Shrine, Wheel of Existence

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13 février 2017

Exhibition in Dresden presents 19th-century paintings of Italy between Claude Lorrain, Turner and Böcklin

Max Klinger (1857–1920), Das Kolosseum in Rom, 1888, Öl auf Leinwand, 77 x 102 cm, Albertinum/Galerie Neue Meister, © SKD, Foto: Elke Estel/Hans-Peter Klut DRESDEN .- During the 19th century, Italy was a magnetic destination for many travellers from Northern...

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Tags: Claude Lorrain, Jakob Philipp Hackert, Arnold Böcklin, Friedrich Nerly, Adolph von Menzel, Anselm Feuerbach, Carl Blechen, Gustav Adolf Kuntz, Ernst Ferdinand Oehme, Sophie Prell, geb. Sthamer, Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein, Hans von Marées

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