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Los Angeles, CA — The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Eternal Medium: Seeing the World in Stone, an exhibition that focuses on the role of the imagination in perceiving images in the natural markings of stones. The product of a collaboration between LACMA, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London, this exhibition brings together objects that utilize the natural features of stones and places them alongside similar works in other mediums for context and... [Lire la suite]

COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art announces featured spring exhibition Reverent Ornament: Art from the Islamic World, on view Saturday, February 18, through Sunday, May 14, 2023. Organized by the Huntington Museum of Art and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., the exhibition offers some 45 works with which to explore the arts and crafts traditions and scientific innovations of Iran, Egypt, India, Syria, and Turkey from the 10th to the 19th centuries.What was in Western culture historically... [Lire la suite]

Lot 135. A rare bronze dagger, 7th-6th Century BC. Length 12⅝ in., 32.2 cm. Lot sold: 11,340 USD (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD). © Sothebys.  Provenance: Christie's London, 12th May 1975, lot 7. Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1975-present, coll. no. E.8.2. Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 16. Note: Compare a similar bronze dagger from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 782. A Mughal pale green jade-handled gemstone-inlaid dagger, 18th-19th century; 38cm (15in) long. Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500. Sold for £ 22,750 (€ 26,452). Courtesy Sotheby's. The pale green jade hilt of pistol-grip form with swelling grip, the knuckle-guard with a bud-shaped gilt pommel set at the centre with a red gemstone, delicately inlaid overall with floral designs, the petal and leaves elegantly inset with diamonds. Note: Compare with a similar Mughal-style jade sword hilt inset with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 40. A green jade dagger with gilt-bronze 'phoenix' hilt, Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD); jade 20.9 cm, 8 ¼ in.; overall 28.5 cm, 11 ¼ in. Estimate: 500,000 - 700,000 HKD. Unsold. Courtesy Sotheby's. the dagger worked from a translucent green stone and rendered with fine grooves and ridges on both sides, framed by a crisp outline, below a gilt-bronze pommel skilfully cast to depict a ferocious bird with a stylised elongated body terminating in an incurved tail. Provenance: J.J. Lally... [Lire la suite]

Lot 881. A bronze dagger, North or Northeast China, 5th-3rd Century BC; 12 in. (30.4 cm.) long. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 10,625. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020. The integral hilt intricately cast in openwork with scrolls and circular cells for inlay. Provenance: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago, acquired prior to 1970. Literature: The Arts Club of Chicago, Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynnn Alsdorf, Chicago, 1970, no. B10. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 85. A gem-set jade-hilted dagger (khanjar), India, 19th century; 14 ¾in. (37.5cm.) long. Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 25,000 (USD 18,840 - USD 31,400). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.  The pistol grip handle of pale green jade, set with foiled emeralds and rubies in floral designs, the slightly recurved double-edged tapering blade of watered-steel, the forte overlaid with trefoil section bearing gold floral damascened decoration, the cloth-covered wooden sheath with with gilt-metal mounts... [Lire la suite]

Lot 353. A bronze dagger, ge, Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC; 12 in. (30.4 cm.) long. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Price Realized USD 5,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2008 The hilt cast as a stylized bird in profile, with clawed foot, upturned tail, hooked beak and crest ending in an animal head, the blade with median ridge extending the entire length, with greenish-grey patina and patches of malachite, cuprite and azurite encrustation. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 559. Bronze dagger, Vietnam, Dong-Son-Culture, 206 B.C. - 221 A.D. L 30cm. Estimate €640 - €800. Unsold. Courtesy Gorny & Mosch GmbH.  with lanceolate blade and graved decoration on the handle. Partially green patina, tiny fragments of the handle missing.  Provenance: Collection H.N., Franken, since 1994. Cf. VAN HOA DONG SON O VIETNAM. The Dong Son Culture in Vietnam (1994) p. 462, no.4. Gorny & Mosch GmbH. Ancien Art, Munich, December 18, 2018, 10:00 AM

Lot 558. Bronze dagger, Vietnam, Dong-Son-Culture, 206 B.C. - 221 A.D. L 28,5cm. Estimate €640 - €800. Unsold. Courtesy Gorny & Mosch GmbH.  with lancelote blade and onion-shaped, hollow handle ending with two rows of slit openings. Green patina, tiny fragments of the handle missing.  Provenance: Collection H.N., Franken, since 1994. Cf. VAN HOA DONG SON O VIETNAM. The Dong Son Culture in Vietnam (1994) p. 461, no.2. Gorny & Mosch GmbH. Ancien Art, Munich, December 18,... [Lire la suite]