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21 octobre 2016

A doucai 'Immortals' dish, Chenghua six-character mark, 18th century

A doucai 'Immortals' dish, Chenghua six-character mark, 18th century
Lot 47. A doucai 'Immortals' dish, Chenghua six-character mark, 18th century. Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000 ( €3,400 - 5,600 ). Photo: Bonhams. Finely enamelled depicting the Queen Mother of the West and an attendant carrying a fan descending from the sky...
21 octobre 2016

A doucai barrel-shaped 'lotus scroll' armrest, 18th century

A doucai barrel-shaped 'lotus scroll' armrest, 18th century
Lot 46. A doucai barrel-shaped 'lotus scroll' armrest, 18th century. Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 ( €2,200 - 3,400 ). Photo: Bonhams. Vividly enamelled in red, green, yellow and aubergine, the gently curving sides decorated with four foliate cartouches each...
21 octobre 2016

A doucai 'dragon and phoenix' dish, Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722)

A doucai 'dragon and phoenix' dish, Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Lot 45. A doucai 'dragon and phoenix' dish, Chenghua six-character mark, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 ( €4,500 - 6,700 ). Photo: Bonhams. Elegantly potted with gently shallow sides, finely enamelled in vivid colours to the centre...
21 octobre 2016

A doucai 'lotus pond' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735)

A doucai 'lotus pond' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735)
Lot 44. A doucai 'lotus pond' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ( €3,400 - 5,600 ). Photo Bonhams. The interior delicately enamelled in a soft palette with two birds flying and swimming in a lotus...
21 octobre 2016

A pair of doucai 'lotus pond' dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-1735)

A pair of doucai 'lotus pond' dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-1735)
Lot 43. A pair of doucai 'lotus pond' dishes, Yongzheng six-character marks and of the period (1723-1735). Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000 ( €3,400 - 5,600 ). Photo: Bonhams. Each enamelled in vivid colours, the interior decorated with a scene of a lotus pond...
21 octobre 2016

First show in Ireland for new master of Chinese landscape painting opens at Chester Beatty Library

First show in Ireland for new master of Chinese landscape painting opens at Chester Beatty Library
Hong Ling. Snow Dome, 2000. Collection of the artist. © Hong Ling. Courtesy Soka Art. DUBLIN .- The Chester Beatty Library presents Ireland’s first exhibition by one of China’s leading contemporary landscape painters, Hong Ling (b.1955). This retrospective...
21 octobre 2016

Ashmolean opens first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world

Ashmolean opens first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world
'Power and Protection' at Ashmolean Museum OXFORD .- Showcasing over a hundred spectacular objects from Morocco to China, Power and Protection is the first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world. Within Islamic societies,...
20 octobre 2016

Exhibition explores ancient origins of modern concept and organization of time in the Western world

Exhibition explores ancient origins of modern concept and organization of time in the Western world
Late Babylonian Cuneiform Tablet with Horoscope of Aristokrates, Uruk. Late 3rd century BCE. Clay. H. 6 cm; W. 4 cm. Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven: MLC 2190 © Yale Babylonian Collection. NEW YORK, NY .- The ancient Greeks and Romans contributed...
20 octobre 2016

Sotheby's to offer rare Chinese & European books, maps, photographs and manuscripts

Sotheby's to offer rare Chinese & European books, maps, photographs and manuscripts
Lot 212. Huang Qianren, 大清萬年一統天下全圖. DA QING WANNIAN YITONG TIANXIA QUANTU. [COMPLETE MAP OF THE GREAT QING'S TEN-THOUSAND-YEAR UNIFIED [REALM OF] ALL UNDER HEAVEN]. Daoguang 3 [1823] . Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 GBP . Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON .- The most...
20 octobre 2016

Eight Sarmatian gold phalerae, circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.

Eight Sarmatian gold phalerae, circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.
Lot 117. Eight Sarmatian gold phalerae, circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. Estimate USD 8,000 - USD 12,000 . Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Each: 1 ½ in. (3.7 cm.) diameter Provenance: Edmund Roy Hofmann (1901-1977), Philadelphia, acquired in...