beaker

Detail, Bowl, F1957.24. © 2022 Smithsonian Institution As our experiences become increasingly mediated by digital technologies, direct sensory perception and appreciation of the world have become all the more important. The sound of a voice, the glimpse of a painting, the taste of food, the touch of fabric, the scent of a flower—all stimulate the senses. According to classical and Arab philosophy, the five outer senses—sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell—are directly connected to the inner senses that define us as human... [Lire la suite]

Beaker with incised leaf scroll pattern, Annam; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam, 16th century, stoneware with yellow green glaze, 4 5/8 in. x 5 13/16 in. x 5 13/16 in. ( 11.7 cm x 14.7 cm x 14.7 cm ). Gift of Helmut Stern, 1991/1.95,University of Michigan Museum of Art. ©2018-2021 Regents of the University of Michigan A finely potted stoneware beaker with a rounded bottom and a lightly incised, freely drawn leaf scroll spreading across the widest part of the body, flanked by incised double horizontal lines, all covered evenly... [Lire la suite]

  Beaker, Annam; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam, 16th century, stoneware with a mottled, dripped green glaze, 4 1/2 in. x 4 15/16 in. x 4 15/16 in. ( 11.5 cm x 12.5 cm x 12.5 cm ). Gift of Helmut Stern, 1991/1.96,University of Michigan Museum of Art. ©2018-2021 Regents of the University of Michigan A finely potted deep stoneware beaker with a rounded bottom and a mottled, dark green glaze. The attractive glaze effect is achieved by applying small dots of a wax over the entire surface of the vessel, and then pouring the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A Bactrian gold beaker, circa late 3rd-early 2nd millennium B.C.; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. Provenance: Acquired by the father of the current owner, U.S., by 1992; thence by descent. Note: This elegant beaker is raised from a single sheet of hammered gold. It is funnel-shaped, on a flat, splayed base, with a wide rim off-set by a ridge in relief on the exterior. The form is exactly matched by a pair now in Kuwait, see pp. 60-61 in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. A blue enamelled gold-decorated sandwich glass beaker, probably Iran, 9th century; 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000. Price realised GBP 73,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  Of cylindrical form with flat base, the body decorated in gilt in the 'sandwich-glass' technique with an arcade formed of lotus leaves and containing large palmetes, each palmette flanked with a small blue dot, a smaller band above with repeating smaller palmettes with occasional blue dots, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. A post-Sassanian glass beaker, Iran, 6th-8th century; 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000. Price realised GBP 2,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  Of deep hemispherical form cut with stepped bands of roundels forming a honeycomb lattice, the surface entirely covered with iridescence and encrustation. Christie's. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, 5 October 2010

Lot 219. An Early Black Pottery Beaker, Gu, Early Shang Dynasty (c. 1500-1050 BC); 10¼in. (26cm.) high. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price realised USD 7,050. © Christie's Image Limited Of tall slender form flaring toward the mouth rim and pedestal foot where three small curved tabs project from the rim, the lower body encircled by a grooved band, the black ware burnished and burnt to a brownish color on one side in the firing. Note: This vessel appears to be related to or is a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 34. Two Meissen porcelain Chinoiserie beakers and one saucer, circa 1735, blue crossed swords marks. Estimate GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800. Price realised GBP 2,125. © Christie's Images Ltd  Each painted with a chinoiserie figure on a gilt diaper-pattern bracket. The beakers 2⅞ in. (7.7 cm.) high. The saucer 5⅛ in. (13 cm.) diameter. Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019  

Lot 74. A large Hungarian parcel-gilt silver beaker, unmarked, circa 1730; 20cm, 8in high; 490gr, 15oz 15dwt. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 3,750 GBP. © Sotheby's 2017 embossed and chased with scrolling acanthus on matting, ball supports, bifurcated thumbpiece centred by a cast acanthus leaf, marked on body and cover. Note: A similar beaker, also with detachable foot, by Michael May II, Brasov, 1739 is in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum and illustrated in the Exhibition... [Lire la suite]

Lot 70. A German parcel-gilt silver beaker, Jonas Silber, Nuremberg, circa 1572-1576; 8.5cm., 3 1/4 in. high; 180gr., 5oz. 16dwt. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 15,000 GBP. © Sotheby's 2017 fitted with male and female portrait medallions enclosed by engraved hatched arabesques, embossed with lobes above leaf chased foot. Note: An identical beaker, probably the example here, is illustrated by Karin Tebbe et al. Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, Germanischen... [Lire la suite]