1755

Lot 17. Yuan Yao (Active 1720-1780), Spring Mountains. Scroll, mounted for framing, ink and color on silk, 78 5/8 x 95 ¾ in. (199.5 x 243 cm.). Dated spring, first month, yihai year (1755). Estimate: $450,000-650,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2016. NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announces Asian Art Week: a series of auctions, viewings and events, from September 13-16. This season includes eight sales featuring over 900 lots, drawing together an extraordinary breadth of works from every category of Asian... [Lire la suite]

Gavin Hamilton, Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton and 5th Duke of Brandon (1756-1799), with Dr John Moore (1730-1802) and Sir John Moore (1761-1809), as a young boy, 1775-7. © National Galleries of Scotland. EDINBURGH.- An enthralling new exhibition set to open at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery this spring will highlight Scotland’s fascination with Italy during the eighteenth century. Featuring a selection of stunning works from across the National Galleries of Scotland’s collection,... [Lire la suite]

Étienne-Maurice Falconet (1716–1791), Detail of Menacing Love (L’Amour menaçant), Paris 1757. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam © Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam FRANKFURT.- It is key artworks from the French Rococo that the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung presents from 4 November 2015 to 28 March 2016 in a comprehensive special exhibition. Featuring more than eighty outstanding exhibits on loan, the show entitled “Dangerous Liaisons” focuses on the newly emerging concept of sentimental love and its preferred style of... [Lire la suite]

Ike Taiga (1723-1776), Kochukenkon 壷中乾坤 (The Universe in a Jar), dated 1755. Estimate US$ 100,000 - 150,000 (€89,000 - 130,000). Photo: Bonhams. NEW YORK, NY.- An important handscroll with an unbroken line of provenance since it was first commissioned in 1775 leadsBonhams Japanese Art sale in New York on 15 September.  Painted by the artist Ike Taiga (1723-1776), Kochukenkon – The Universe in a Jar was created at the request of the noble Yoshimitsu family. Subsequently it was held in the collection of... [Lire la suite]

PARIS - Le 2 mars prochain, FauveParis, maison de ventes audacieuse et impertinente, organise Quelles histoires!, une vacation-voyage sur quatre siècles mêlant anecdotes de famille et grande Histoire. Pour l’occasion, FauveParis dévoile une rarissime écuelle en porcelaine de Vincennes nommée écuelle du Turc, provenant des descendants en ligne directe du banquier grec du Sultan de Constantinople Entre 1752 et 1755, une cinquantaine de formes sont spécialement créées par la manufacture de Vincennes pour le marché ottoman, très... [Lire la suite]

Importante commode en vernis parisien. Attribuée à Adrien Delorme. Époque Louis XV, vers 1755. Photo Piasa fond jaune de forme mouvementée, la façade ouvrantà deux tiroirs ; à décor d’arbuste, feuillages, fleurs et oiseaux dans le goût de l’Extrême-Orient ;belle ornementation de bronzes dorés : entrée de serrures, chutes et sabots ; dessus de marbre rouge du Languedoc à double mouluration ; estampillée FG et JME. Hauteur : 87 cm - Largeur : 129 cm, Profondeur : 64 cm. Estimation : 200 000 / 250 000... [Lire la suite]

George II period Chinese Chippendale carved giltwood mirrors. English, circa 1755. Photo courtesy Kentshire Each pierced foliate carved frame surmounted by a pagoda pediments and chinoiserie figures, one playing the lute, the other holding a staff. Plates original. Dimensions: 55"h, 30"w. Price on request MASTERPIECE 2013 LONDON. 27 june-3 july. Kentshire. 37 East 12th Street New York, NY 10003 United States. T 212 673 6644 - F 212 929 9723... [Lire la suite]

Bernard II van Risenburgh (BVRB), A magnificent ormolu-mounted Japanese lacquer secretaire-à-abattant, circa 1755. Estimate: GBP3,000,000–5,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2012. LONDON.- Ahead of the sale of Masterpieces Formerly in the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Riahi in London on Thursday 6 December, Christie’s shares remarkable family insights into Djahanguir Riahi, an impassioned collector whose focused commitment over 50 years to collect world class 18th century furniture and works of art provides inspiration for... [Lire la suite]

Paire de marquises. Par Jean Avisse (1723- après 1796). Reçu Maître le 10 Novembre 1745. Paris, époque fin Louis XV, vers 1755. Photo Kohn Bois rechampi. Estampillé I AVISSE. H. 101 cm, L. 90 cm, P. 77 cm. Restaurations d'usage et d'entretien au laque - Estimation : 80 000 / 100 000 €Cette paire de marquises en bois naturel mouluré, sculpté et rechampi présente un dossier « à la Reine » en accolade à double nervure saillante encadrant une fine ornementation de fleurettes au naturel.Les accotoirs... [Lire la suite]

An exceptional pair of parcel- gilt Louis XV rococo brackets. France, 1755. © 2012 MALLETT ANTIQUES Each has a shaped white painted platform with polychrome foliate decoration below. The supports are mirrored with an elaborate shell scroll flanked with polychrome foliate carving. The paint work is in an exceptional state of conservation. H: 12.0 in (30.5 cm). W: 11.0 in (28.0 cm). L/D: 7.7 in (19.5 cm).  MALLETT ANTIQUES. http://www.mallettantiques.com