gogotte

Lot 5109. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old), Fontainebleau, France; with stand 38 cm, 14 7/8  in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Sold for 25,000 HKD (2,958 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's. Note: A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped mineral rarity consisting of tiny quartz fragments held together by calcium carbonate and the present gogotte is a beautiful concretion made of sandstone with a sublime grain. These bizarre sandstone formations from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 100. Gogotte, Fontainebleau, France. H. 79 cm - L. 70 cm - P. 26 cm. Estimate: €6,000 - €8,000 (US$6,731 - US$8,975). Courtesy Binoche et Giquell. Lot 105. Gogotte, Fontainebleau, France. H. 60 cm - L. 82 cm - P. 27 cm. Estimate: €6,000 - €8,000 (US$6,731 - US$8,975). Courtesy Binoche et Giquell. Concrétion naturelle de sable appelée «Gogotte» par les géologues. Concrétion formée au sein de la formation géologique des «Sables de Fontainebleau» datée de 30 millions d'années... [Lire la suite]

Gogotte, Fontainebleau, France, height: 68.0cm, width: 83.0cm, depth 23.5cm. © Eskenazi  LONDON.- Eskenazi is presenting Gogottes: a Rift in Time from 10 May to 1 June 2018 in London. Reflecting the long-held Chinese affinity between art and nature and the tradition for collecting natural fragments - including scholars’ rocks and roots - this is the first exhibition dedicated to gogottes, a rare and mysterious natural phenomenon which has fascinated collectors and artists for centuries, from Louis XIV of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3006. A gogotte, Oligocene (30 million years old), Fontainebleau, France; w. 115.5 cm, 45 1/2  in. Estimate 180,000 — 220,000 HKD. Lot sold 225,000 HKD.  © Sotheby's 2018. powerfully carved in the form of a human skull consisting of the cranium and upper jaws, the cadaverous face rendered being stripped of its remaining flesh with several teeth missing, covered with a monochromatic layer of brown paint. Note: A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3057. A Small Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 3,000 — 5,000 (365 - 608 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's oriented with a tapered and curved outline with swelling layers cascading onto the the globulous lower body, stand - 14 by 13 cm, 5 1/2  by 5 1/8  in. Provenance: A French private collection. Note: A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped mineral rarity consisting of tiny quartz fragments held... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3036. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 90,000 — 150,000 (10,950 - 18,249 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's impressively oriented with an almost circular structure resting on twisting and swirling layers, the irregular assemblage of sandstone with a greyish-white surface, metal stand - 58 cm, 22 3/4  in. Provenance: A French private collection. Note: A gogotte is a millions-of-years old naturally shaped mineral... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3023. A Gogotte, Oligocene (30 Million Years Old). Fontainebleau, France. Estimate: HKD 250,000 — 350,000 (30,416 - 42,582 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's of expansive proportions and moderately flattened form, the irregular structure of natural greyish-white sandstone amassed of soft rounded twisting layers and swirls, the assemblage perforated by natural apertures, metal stand - 125 by 120 cm, 49 1/8  by 47 1/4  in. Provenance: A French private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3027. An Impressive Allosaurus Dinosaur Skull, Late Jurassic Period, Wyoming, USA, approx. 79.8cm. Est. HK$2.2 – 2.8 million / US$284,000 – 361,000. Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s Hong Kong will present Curiosity III on 4 April at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The sale offers a total of 76 lots estimated in excess of HK$50 million / US$6.4 million *. Curiosity III features a gathering of objects formed by nature and man-made, a cross between the Western cabinet of curiosities and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2880. A large gogotte, Oligocene (30 million years old), Fontainebleau, France. Estimate HKD 150,000 — 180,000 (16,939 - 20,327 EUR). Lot Sold 1,250,000 HKD (141,159 EUR). Photo: Sotheby's. of expansive horizontal proportions and moderately flattened form with one side slightly concave, the sandstone assemblage of soft rounded volumes with burgeoning layers and cascading concretions perforated by natural openings, metal stand - stone 61 by 114.5... [Lire la suite]

Gogotte en forme de "cyclope", Oligocene, (datant de 30 millions d'années), probablement Fontainebleau, France. Estimation : 2 000 € / 3 000 € (18 000 / 25 000 HKD). Photo Artcurial. Concrétion gréseuse suggérant la forme d'un cyclope. H. : 40 cm  La gogotte est une concrétion gréseuse qui allie fortuitement quartz et calcium. Sa forme onirique, qui paraît empruntée à l'art contemporain, est due en réalité à l'érosion naturelle du sol au fil des millénaires. Œuvre minéralogique, chaque gogotte revêt une... [Lire la suite]