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Eccentric Ax Blade with Pierced Decoration, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300

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Eccentric Ax Blade with Pierced Decoration, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300. Bronze. H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm); W. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm). Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998, (2001.433.336). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 


Miniature Drum with Four Frogs, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, Dongson culture, ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 300

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Miniature Drum with Four Frogs, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, Dongson culture, ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 300. Bronze. H. 4 in. (10.2 cm). Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998, (2000.284.57). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Fragment of a Dipper, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period,500 B.C.–A.D. 300

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Fragment of a Dipper, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period,500 B.C.–A.D. 300. Bronze. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); D. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm). Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998, (2001.433.370). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Anklet, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300

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Anklet, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300. Bronze. H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998, (2001.433.387). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Asymmetric Pediform Hafted Ax, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300

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Asymmetric Pediform Hafted Ax, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, 500 B.C.–A.D. 300Bronze. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); D. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm). Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998, (2001.433.331). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Situla with Design of Boats, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, Dongson culture, ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 300

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Situla with Design of Boats, Vietnam, Bronze and Iron Age period, Dongson culture, ca. 500 B.C.–A.D. 300. Bronze. H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm). Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998, (2000.284.60). The Metropolitan Museum of Art © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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A 'Jun' dish, Song-Jin dynasty

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A 'Jun' dish, Song-Jin dynasty

Lot 622. A 'Jun' dish, Song-Jin dynasty. Estimate 60,000 — 90,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's.

the shallow dish with a slightly incurved rim, covered in a thick sky-blue glaze thinning at the rim to a mushroom colour; 15.4 cm, 6 in.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong | 02 Jun 2016


Sotheby's to offer one of the finest portraits by Modigliani in private hands

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Amedeo Modigliani, Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard). Estimate upon request. Photo: Sotheby's

LONDON.- This elegant and lyrical work is among the most beautiful portraits Amedeo Modigliani painted of his lover Jeanne Hébuterne – revealing a tender moment between a pioneer in the world of modern art and his most loyal muse. The painting brings together the very best of the highly refined aesthetic that Modigliani had developed in the last few years before his premature death, whilst giving the viewer a glimpse into one of the most poignant love stories in 20th-century art history. Having been in a private collection since 1986, this exquisite work is expected to fetch in excess of £28m (in excess of $40m) and will be offered alongside Pablo Picasso’s Cubist masterpiece of his lover Fernande Olivier, as part of Sotheby’sImpressionist & Modern Art Evening sale on 21 June 2016.  

Thomas Bompard, Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sales, said: “There is such a fascinating dialogue between the Modigliani portrait of Jeanne and the Cubist portrait of Fernande by Picasso. Obsessed by their lovers’ features, both brought the Art of Portraiture into the Modern Era. One is expressed in beautiful curves and colours, the other is all about sharp angles and light effects. Each has been hidden away in their respective private collections for more than thirty years, which means that on 21 June collectors will have a once in a generation opportunity to acquire works of such outstanding calibre.”  

Modigliani forged a uniquely evocative style, inspired by a fascination with the Old Masters of his native Italy and the influence of the avant-garde artists he had met in Paris, including Pablo Picasso and Constantin Brancusi. Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) powerfully synthesises all of the most iconic characteristic traits associated with the artist’s late portraits – from the geometric simplification of the female form and the flowing melodic lines and to the elongated neck and face so heavily reminiscent of his stone carvings (such as the exceptional Tête, which sold at Sotheby’s New York for a record $70.7 million in November 2014). His lover is given a pair of piercingly blue eyes, contrasting with his usual ‘almond’ vacant eyes, endowing the sitter with a dominant sense of personality and drawing the viewer in. She is also shown here seated in full three-quarter length splendour in a vibrant coral interior, her arms draped elegantly over of the back of her chair, her scarlet silk scarf knotted around her swan-like neck.  

The final years of Modigliani’s life were marked by tragedy, but resulted in many of his most celebrated works. Modigliani moved to Paris in 1906 and within a year, he had cultivated a reputation as a drunk and voracious drug user. However, his escalating intake of drugs and alcohol may have been a means by which he masked his tuberculosis – those who had the illness were feared and ostracised and Modigliani’s penchant for camaraderie meant that he could not bear to be isolated.  

Jeanne met Modigliani in 1917, when she was a young art student, and for the next three years she was his constant companion and source of inspiration. The two were devoted to each other – with Modigliani even pledging to marry her, despite her family’s protestations. Indeed, it is the portraits of Jeanne painted during the last years of his life are his most refined and accomplished works.  

In January 1920, after not hearing from him for several days, a neighbour checked on the family and found Modigliani in bed delirious and holding onto Jeanne. Not long after, Modigliani died of tubercular meningitis. Following the funeral, a twenty-two year old, and reputedly heavily pregnant, Jeanne was taken to her parents' home. There, inconsolable, she committed suicide by leaping from an upstairs window. A single tombstone at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris now honours them both. His epitaph reads, "Struck down by Death at the moment of glory", hers "Devoted companion to the extreme sacrifice". 

The serene calm of Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) is in sharp contrast to the tales of Modigliani’s notorious drunkenness and bohemianism. The richness yet subtlety of the colours attest to an emotional and psychological dimension found in the portraits of Jeanne, but rarely seen in his other works. 

Helena Newman, Global Co-Head of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Department, said: “The pioneering Modern style with which Amedeo Modigliani sensuously depicted the female form is inextricably bound with his lover and muse Jeanne Hébuterne. This painting is one of the most alluring portraits that Modigliani painted of her and the finest to come to the market in a decade."

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Amedeo Modigliani’s Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) to highlight Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale. Photo: Sotheby's.

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Amedeo Modigliani’s Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) to highlight Sotheby’s London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale. Photo: Sotheby's.

A white-glazed moon jar, Korea, Chosôn, probably 18th century

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Lot 197. A white-glazed moon jar, Korea, Chosôn, probably 18th century. Estimate: 8,000 - 10,000 EUR. Photo Kunsthaus Lempertz

A moon jar (dalhangari) of globular form, covered overall with a white glaze with random large craquelure to the lower part of the body. Korea. Chosôn, probably 18th century. Height 35 cm

ProvenanceOld private collection, Bonn, acquired in Japan around 1940.

Kunsthaus Lempertz. Asian Art. Jun 10, 2016 10:00 CEST - Jun 11, 2016 10:00 CEST

A white-glazed dish with incised anhua decoration. Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later

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A white-glazed dish with incised anhua decoration

Lot 195. A white-glazed dish with incised anhua decoration, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later. Estimate: 15,000 EUR - 25,000 EUR. Photo Kunsthaus Lempertz

A white-glazed dish with incised anhua decoration of lotus and bands of flowering lotus, peonies and other flowers to the exterior and interior walls. Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or later. Box. Diameter 34 cm

ProvenanceJohann Janssen (1896-1945), Berlin He was an employee of the famous art dealer Theodor Bohlken (1884-1954) and travelled to China yearly between 1928-1938,. Thence by decent.

LiteratureCompare a similar dish in: Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1965, no. 680

Kunsthaus Lempertz. Asian Art. Jun 10, 2016 10:00 CEST - Jun 11, 2016 10:00 CEST

A green-glazed stembowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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A green-glazed stembowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Lot 196. A green-glazed stembowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate: 20,000 EUR - 30,000 EURPhoto Kunsthaus Lempertz.

A green-glazed stembowl with rounded flared sides supported on a slightly splayed stem foot, covered overall with a rich sea-green glaze thinning to a pale tone on the rim and pooling on the exterior above the foot rim. The interior decorated in anhua with four lanca characters in flamed medallions between lotus blossoms and scrolls. Minor chip to footrim polished. 18th century. Height 10 cm, diameter 14.5 cm

ProvenanceAnnelotte Elbrecht (1924-2013) collection

Kunsthaus Lempertz. Asian Art. Jun 10, 2016 10:00 CEST - Jun 11, 2016 10:00 CEST

A blanc-de-Chine figure of Adam. Kangxi period (1662-1722)

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A blanc-de-Chine figure of Adam

Lot 198. A blanc-de-Chine figure of Adam, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate: 800 EUR - 1,000 EUR. Photo Kunsthaus Lempertz.

A blanc de Chine figure of Adam, modelled standing on a rockwork base, his right arm bent to hold his left elbow, draped in a cloth, leaving his upper body bare, the shoulder-length hair parted in the middle, downcast expression. Restored. Kangxi period (1662-1722). 
Height 23.6 cm

ProvenancePrivate collection, Rhineland

ExhibitionKangxi. Porzellanschätze für den Kaiserhof und Europas Fürsten, Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, 19.7.2015 - 17.1.2016

LiteratureIllustrated in: Daniel Suebsman, Kangxi, Porcelain Treasures of the Kangxi Period, Düsseldorf 2015, p. 246-247, no. 138 and compare a similar figure in: P. J. Donelly, Blanc de Chine, London 1969, p. 194 and plate 121C

Kunsthaus Lempertz. Asian Art. Jun 10, 2016 10:00 CEST - Jun 11, 2016 10:00 CEST

A white-glazed bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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A white-glazed bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century

Lot 199. A white-glazed bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate: 2,000 EUR - 3,000 EURPhoto Kunsthaus Lempertz.

A white-glazed bowl, carved in low relief with lotus petals. Underglaze blue Chenghua six-character mark. 18th century. Height 4.4 cm

ProvenancePrivate collection, Austria, acquired at Christie's South Kensington, London, 17.6.1992, lot 467

Kunsthaus Lempertz. Asian Art. Jun 10, 2016 10:00 CEST - Jun 11, 2016 10:00 CEST

Pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, late 19th century

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Lot 1. Pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, late 19th centuryEstimate 4,500 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,625 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

Each designed as a natural pearl framed by circular-cut diamonds, hook fittings. 

Accompanied by The Gem & Pearl Laboratory report no. 09130, stating that the pearls were found to be natural, saltwater.

Sotheby's. Fine Jewels, London | 06 Jun 2016


Natural and cultured pearl necklace

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Lot 2. Natural and cultured pearl necklace. Estimate 7,000 — 10,000 GBP. Lot sold 35,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

Designed as a line of natural pearls, four pearls cultured, graduating in size from 4.5 to 8.5mm, to a clasp set with rose diamonds, length approximately 440mm

Accompanied by The Gem & Pearl Laboratory report no. 12344, stating that four of the pearls were found to be bead-nucleated cultured pearls and the remainder were found to be natural, saltwater.

Sotheby's. Fine Jewels, London | 06 Jun 2016

Natural blister pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th centuryLot

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Lot 4. Natural blister pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th centuryEstimate 4,500 — 5,500 GBP. Lot sold 6,875 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

The natural blister pearl framed by circular-cut and cushion-shaped diamonds.

Accompanied by The Gem & Pearl Laboratory report no. 12611, stating that the blister pearl was found to be natural, saltwater.

Sotheby's. Fine Jewels, London | 06 Jun 2016

Natural pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th century

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Lot 7. Natural pearl and diamond brooch, late 19th century. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 GBP. Lot sold 10,625 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.

Designed as a cluster of acorn and oak leaf motifs, set with natural pearls, cushion-shaped and rose diamonds.

Accompanied by The Gem & Pearl Laboratory report no. 12487, stating that the selection of pearls tested were found to be natural, saltwater.

Sotheby's. Fine Jewels, London | 06 Jun 2016 

Pier Luigi Pizzi's interior by Andrea Vailetti for Apollo Magazine

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Pier Luigi Pizzi's interior by Andrea Vailetti for Apollo Magazine

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Coral parure, 1840s

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Lot 36. Coral parure, 1840s. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 GBP. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's

Comprising: a carved coral necklace decorated with Bacchanalian motifs, length approximately 440mm; a bracelet with lion and floral motifs, length approximately 170mm, some coral segments deficient; a bracelet of torque design with a serpent motif, length approximately 220mm; a brooch designed as a goat's head with suspended grape vine charms; a pair of earrings with head and carved tassels, hook fittings, fitted tooled leather case.

Sotheby's. Fine Jewels, London | 06 Jun 2016 
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