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Two "Kinrande" bowls from the donation of the Grand Duke of Tuscany,...
"Kinrande" bowl from the donation of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I de 'Medici. China, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Jiajing era (1522 - 1566). Porcelain Collection. PO 3228. Porcelain, painted...
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Hat clasp with the "Dresden Green" from the set brillant
Hat clasp with the "Dresden Green" from the set brillant. Diespach, Franz Michael (jeweler)? Pallard, Jean Jacques (Goldsmith). Dresden / Prague in 1769, using parts of Jean Jaques Pallard, Vienna...
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The Amber collection in the Dresden Green Vault
Magnificent vessel in the form of a Nautilus sell, H, Jakob (amber carvers), Königsberg, dated 1659. Green Vault. IV 340. Amber different varieties, ivory, silver, gold plated by a wooden rod and foot...
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Expected to fetch a record-breaking $19 million, rare blue diamond to be...
"The Premier Blue" diamond. The rare round blue diamond will go under the hammer in Hong Kong in October, with auctioneers hoping the sale will fetch up to 19 million USD despite fears over the slowing...
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Elégante à la robe verte, émaux portant mention Caroli IX . Epoque seconde...
Elégante à la robe verte, émaux portant mention Caroli IX . Epoque seconde moitié XVIème. Photo courtesy SVV GEOFFROY BEQUET11 x 8 cm. Estimation 200 € - 350 €GEOFFROY-BEQUET. 6 rue Président Raymond...
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Coral works from the Green Vault
Cup as Daphne with coral tines, Jamnitzer, Abraham (silversmith), Jamnitzer, Wenceslas (draft), Nuremberg, 1580-1586. Green Vault. IV 260. Silver, gold plated for the most part, Coral. H. 64.6 cm©...
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The "mirror black" porcelain at Porcelain Collection, Dresden
Vase. China, Jingdezhen Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), Kangxi era (1662 - 1722). Porcelain Collection. PO 3069. Porcelain, decorated with black glaze over "mirror black" in gold. H. 44.3 cm, D. 20.2 cm©...
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Earliest portrait of a guinea pig discovered as exhibition reveals unseen...
Three unknown Elizabethan children. Unknown Anglo-Netherlandish artist, c.1580. Privately Owned.LONDON.- A little known painting of three Elizabethan children containing what may be the first portrait...
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Two stunning paintings form significant addition to Bowes Museum collection
The Encounter of the Procurator with his Wife at Ridotto. ©The Bowes MuseumCOUNTY DURHAM.- Two stunning paintings which have gone on show at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle are described as a...
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The Ruby (spinelle) garnish at Green Vault, Dresden
Golden Fleece (Rubin garnish), Dinglingerhaus, workshop of Johann Melchior (jeweler), Dresden, 1722. Green Vault. VIII 122; three great Balasrubies, 70 diamonds, gold, enamel, silver gilt; 17.9 x 9.5...
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Berlin to build museum for 20th century masterpieces donated by Ulla and...
Photo taken on November 15, 2010 shows the Bode museum on Berlin's museum island in Berlin. Berlin agreed on August 21, 2013 to build a new museum for 20th century masterpieces by Rothko, Magritte and...
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Stolen 16th century "astronomical computer" returned to Skokloster Castle...
A rare 16th-century scientific artifact, an astrolabe, on display, in London, Great Britain prior its return to a Swedish museum Skokloster Castle, where it had been missing for over a decade. The...
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Sotheby's to offer Magnificent Ritual Bronzes from the Collection of Julius...
A Bronze Food Vessel, Zuo Bao Yi Gui. Early Western Zhou Dynasty, 11th-10th Century BC. Height 9 7/8 in., 25cm. Est. $2/3 million. Photo: Sotheby's.NEW YORK, NY.- On 17 September 2013 Sotheby’s New...
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Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery receives gift of 374 rare Southern Arabian...
Head of a woman (known as Miriam), Mid-1st century, Yemen. Alabaster, stucco and lapis lazuli. Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)...
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'Sicily: Art and Invention Between Greece and Rome' at Cleveland Museum of Art
Gold Phiale Mesomphalos (Offering Dish), 325-€“275 BC. Sikeliote (Sicilian Greek). Gold; 3.7 x 22.8 cm. Courtesy of the Antiquarium di Himera. By permission of the Regione Siciliana, Assessorato dei...
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A 'Longquan' celadon petal rim dish, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th century
A 'Longquan' celadon petal rim dish, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th century. Photo Sotheby'sincised in the center with a large lotus spray, encircled around the well with carved radiating flutes below a...
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A 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Ming dynasty
A 'Longquan' celadon bowl, Ming dynasty. Photo Sotheby'sthe deep rounded sides carved to the exterior with two bands of narrow upright petals below a classic scroll around the mouth rim, the interior...
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A Spectacular Sapphire and Diamond Brooch, by René Boivin, circa 1936
A Spectacular Sapphire and Diamond Brooch, by René Boivin, circa 1936, designed as a pigeon’s wing pave-set with circular and baguette-cut diamonds and calibre-cut sapphires, mounted in platinum,...
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Boivin’s tourmaline leaves similar to the pair ordered by Daisy Fellowes in 1939
One of Boivin’s tourmaline leaves similar to the pair ordered by Daisy Fellowes in 1939. The single leaf set with oval and cushion-shaped tourmalines in graduated pink and green hues, maker’s mark for...
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Anton Mozart, The Tower of Babel
Anton Mozart, The Tower of Babel. Oil on copper, 43 x 56 cm. Signed centre left: AM (ligatured, on the cottage). Lot 1021 / Result € 305 000. Photo courtesy LempertzProvenance: Klinkosch collection,...
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