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Green Diamonds

"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises." -- Pedro Calderon de la Barca Pure green diamonds are extremely rare and highly valued, ranging from light mint greens to vivid grass greens. Green Diamonds can contain...

Posté par Alain Truong à 21:26 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: fancy green diamond, ‘Dresden Green’, Ocean Dream Diamond, marquise-shaped natural green diamond, Chopard Chameleon Diamond, cushion modified brilliant-cut fancy vivid green diamond

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28 août 2015

Fresh-to-market estates highlight 1,000+ lots of fine & decorative arts at Heritage Auctions

A Ninety-Six Piece Sèvres-Style Porcelain Service, 19th century. Marks: (imitation Sèvres marks) Offert par le Duc de Richelieu a Mme. de Lamballe; signed F. AULDET to painted cartouches. Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000. Photo Heritage Auctions DALLAS, TX...

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Tags: 19th century, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Blanc de Chine, Tiffany Co, 1893, mantle clock, Porcelain Service, Sèvres-Style, Mahogany and Gilt Bronze, Moorish Revival, circa 1884, Figural Clock, Gilt and Silvered Bronze, "Les Vieilles Histoires"

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28 août 2015

Ian Wardropper publishes first book dedicated to the Frick's French enamels collection

Exquisitely illustrated with new photography, this hardcover volume (80 pages, 75 color illustrations; 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches, $19.95, member price $17.96) is published by the Frick in association with D Giles Limited. NEW YORK, NY .- Limoges enamels, named...

Posté par Alain Truong à 14:12 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Frick Collection, Limoges enamel, Ian Wardropper

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28 août 2015

New scientific research dispels myths surrounding portrait by Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli (born 1444 - died 1510), Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli, c.1470-5, tempera on panel, CAI.100. Victoria & Albert museum © V&A Images. LONDON .- New scientific research undertaken by V&A experts has uncovered tantalising...

Posté par Alain Truong à 13:58 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Sandro Botticelli, "Portrait of a Lady known as Smeralda Bandinelli", c.1470-5

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28 août 2015

Sotheby's Hong Kong unveils an extremely rare Patek Philippe vintage wristwatch

Patek Philippe, an Exceptionally Rare Yellow Gold Double Crown World Time Wristwatch with 24 Hour Indication and Fine Guilloché Dial (detail), Ref 2523/1, Made in 1968. Est. HK$4 – 5.5 million / US$510,000 – 710,000 . Photo: Sotheby's. HONG KONG .- Sotheby’s...

Posté par Alain Truong à 11:57 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Cartier, Patek Philippe, Corum, ‘Panther’ Bangle Watch, Maîtres du Temps, Pink Gold Dual Time Zone Wristwatch, Skeletonised Tourbillon Wristwatch

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28 août 2015

Archaeologists unearth ancient Greek palace with important archaic inscriptions near Sparta

Rhyton in the shape of a bull's head. Foto: © ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΕΘΝΟΣ Α.Ε. | Ministerio de Cultura Griego ATHENS (AFP) .- Archaeologists in Greece have discovered the ruins of an ancient palace with important archaic inscriptions dating back to the Mycenaean Age,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 10:23 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: rhyton, Crete, bull's head, Mycenaean Age, Sparta, Seal depicting nautilus

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27 août 2015

Paris au Moyen-Âge

Paris au Moyen-Âge - A gauche, le Marché-neuf et ses deux halles © Grez productions. Paris au Moyen-Âge - Au fond, le Louvre - A droite, la pointe de l‘île de la Cité et les habitations des chanoines de la Sainte Chapelle © Grez productions. Paris au...

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:51 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Paris, Moyen-âge, Ile de la Cité, L’hôtel Dieu, Palais de la cité, Pont au Change, Pont aux Meuniers, abbaye Saint-Germain-des-Prés, tour de l'Horloge, Châtelet, Le Louvre, l'Hôtel de Ville, rue Saint-Denis, La Bastille, Porte Saint-Antoine, Le Petit-Pont

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27 août 2015

Fluorapatite, Fluorite, Spinelle, Stolzite

Fluorapatite avec inclusion cristalline de Rutile. Collection et photo Gianfranco Ciccolini Fluorite. Rocche Grana quarry, Montoso, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Italie. Collection et photo Giuseppe Finello Spinelle. Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:56 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: spinelle, fluorite, Stolzite, Fluorapatite, Collection Giuseppe Finello, Collection Domenico Preite, Collection Fulvio Iurcotta, Collection Gianfranco Ciccolini

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27 août 2015

A pair of glazed white stoneware bowls, Northern Song dynasty

A pair of glazed white stoneware bowls, Northern Song dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. each of conical form with everted sides rising from a short foot, the lobed body with a slightly flared rim, covered overall in a transparent...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:16 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Northern Song dynasty, glazed white stoneware, glazed white stoneware bowl

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27 août 2015

A large 'Qingbai' ewer and cover, Yuan dynasty

A large 'Qingbai' ewer and cover , Yuan dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. the pyriform body rising to a tall gently flaring neck, supported on a splayed foot, the body set with a slender curved spout issuing from the mouth of a...

Posté par Alain Truong à 22:05 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: Yuan dynasty, Ewer and Cover, 'Qingbai'

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