chess piece - Alain.R.Truong

Suivre ce blog

Silk Roads at British Museum

LONDON - Camel caravans crossing desert dunes, merchants trading silks and spices at bazaars – these are the images that come to mind when we think of the Silk Roads. But the reality goes far beyond this. A ground-breaking new exhibition at the British...

Posté par Alain Truong à 10:53 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Exhibitions, camel, Tang dynasty (618–907), ivory, chess piece, Wall painting, ‘Hall of the Ambassadors’, Afrasiab, Samarkand, ‘The Franks Casket', Anglo-Saxon, Shoulder Clasp, figure of a lute player, al-Idrisi, Glass drinking horn, Buddha, Swat Valley, Dagger and sheath, Korea, Gongxian kilns, Gilded silver cup, Galloway Hoard, gold bowl, Romania, Palace of Varakhsha, Uzbekistan

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

28 décembre 2022

Neue Galerie showcases rarely seen works from the Ronald S. Lauder Collection

Ronald S. Lauder in his home, 2022. Photo credit: Shahar Azran . NEW YORK, NY .- Neue Galerie New York culminates its twentieth anniversary season with the opening of “The Ronald S. Lauder Collection,” a major exhibition featuring approximately 500 works...

Posté par Alain Truong à 12:16 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Carl Moll, Gustav Klimt, goddess, Bernardo DADDI, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Egon Schiele, Giovanni di Paolo, Hellenistic period, chess piece, Pasquier Grenier, Lewis Chess Hoard

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

20 avril 2019

A Fatimid carved glass or obsidian chess piece, Egypt, 10th-11th century

Lot 132. A Fatimid carved glass or obsidian chess piece, Egypt, 10th-11th century; 3.8cm. height. Estimate 30,000 — 40,000 GBP . Courtesy Sotheby's. carved with stylised foliate designs and incised dash details. Provenance: Purchased from Michel Albert...

Posté par Alain Truong à 20:56 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Fatimid, obsidian, Egypt, 10th-11th century, chess piece, carved glass

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

20 avril 2019

A Fatimid carved rock crystal chess piece, Egypt, 10th-11th century

Lot 131. A Fatimid carved rock crystal chess piece, Egypt, 10th-11th century; 3.8cm. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 GBP . Courtesy Sotheby's. of typical form, carved with cut stylised foliate designs and dash details. Provenance: Purchased from Michel Albert...

Posté par Alain Truong à 20:42 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: rock crystal, Fatimid, Egypt, 10th-11th century, chess piece

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

14 octobre 2017

A Fatimid rock crystal chess piece, Egypt, 11th century

Lot 137. A Fatimid rock crystal chess piece, Egypt, 11th century. Estimate 20,000 — 30 ,000 GBP . Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. carved with deep bevel-cut scroll designs and dash details; 4.1cm. From the Collection of Lothar Schmid (1928-2013) PUBLISHED:...

Posté par Alain Truong à 14:53 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 11th century, rock crystal, Fatimid, Egypt, chess piece, Collection of Lothar Schmid

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

14 octobre 2017

A Fatimid rock crystal chess piece, Egypt, 11th century

Lot 136. A Fatimid rock crystal chess piece, Egypt, 11th century. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP . Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. carved in four sections with deep bevel-cut foliate designs, the base border with dash details; 3cm. From the Collection of Lothar...

Posté par Alain Truong à 14:34 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 11th century, rock crystal, Fatimid, Egypt, chess piece, Collection of Lothar Schmid

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

2 juillet 2016

German, probably Cologne, circa 1300-1320, Chess piece: a King, a proposed portrait of Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1194-1250)

Lot 1. The Hohenzollern-von Hirsch chess piece. German, probably Cologne, circa 1300-1320, Chess piece: a King, a proposed portrait of Frederick II Hohenstaufen (1194-1250). Estimation 120,000 — 180,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's with a label on the underside...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:00 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: German, Cologne, chess piece, Frederick II Hohenstaufen, circa 1300-1320, Hohenzollern-von Hirsch chess piece

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

26 mars 2016

Historic collection of early Chess pieces to be offered at Sotheby's London

Chess pieces from the collection of Lothar Schmid referee of the ‘Match of the Century’ between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON .- On 20 April Sotheby’s in London will offer one of the most important collections of early chess...

Posté par Alain Truong à 14:14 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: 11th century, Persia, Fatimid, Egypt, Samanid, Nishapur, circa 12th century, chess piece, 9th - 12th century, Central or South Asia, stone gaming piece, 'bishop', 'knight', probably Nishapur, 10th-11th century or earlier, chess-set, Rock Crystal Chess Piece

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote

29 mars 2014

Sotheby's announces Arts of the Islamic World: Rare and precious works of art spanning 1000 years

Lot 87. A magnificent Qajar royal portrait of Fath ‘Ali Shah attended by a prince attributed to Mihr ‘Ali, Persia, circa 1820, Estimate: £1,500,000-2,500,000. Lot sold £ 2,994,500 . Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- On 9th April 2014 Sotheby’s Arts of the Islamic...

Posté par Alain Truong à 19:24 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: ottoman, 11th century, rock crystal, Persia, Fatimid, Egypt, circa 1820, royal portrait, Valencia, Qajar Dynasty, 1881, Hispano-Moresque, lustre pottery, spread eagle, Manises, circa 1435-60, Fath ‘Ali Shah, chess piece, Abdulaziz Husni, Arabian Peninsula

Partager cet article

Vous aimez ?

0 vote