Important cachet moghol en agate, Lucknow, 19e siècle
Important cachet moghol en agate, Lucknow, 19e siècle. Photo Artcurial.Cachet rond en jade gris céladon, gravé en caractères nasta'liq, à monture d'argent en forme de dôme étagé, décorée au repoussé de...
View ArticleA superb jadeite bangle
A superb jadeite bangle. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014The semi-cylindrical jadeite bangle of brilliant emerald green colour and high translucency, inner diameter approximately 53.7 mm, width...
View ArticleAn important pair of jadeite, ruby and diamond ear pendants
An important pair of jadeite, ruby and diamond ear pendants. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014Each suspending a detachable pendant, set with a jadeite cabochon of vivid emerald green colour and high...
View ArticleA set of jadeite and diamond jewellery
A set of jadeite and diamond jewellery. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014Comprising a ring, set with an oval jadeite cabochon of even vivid emerald green colour and high translucency, to the pear-shaped...
View ArticleA pair of celadon crackle-glazed mallet-form vases , Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
A pair of celadon crackle-glazed mallet-form vases , Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014Each vase is applied with twin fish handles and covered in an even celadon crackle...
View ArticleA blue and white oval vessel, Ming dynasty, circa 1500
A blue and white oval vessel, Ming dynasty, circa 1500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014The bulbous oval vessel is decorated with lotus scrolls between a band of upright leaves at the foot and a...
View ArticleA very fine pale green jade 'dragon' vase, Qianlong
A very fine pale green jade 'dragon' vase, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsThe smooth and slender vase embellished with a deeply-carved five-clawed scaly dragon encircling the long elegant neck, the front...
View ArticleA rare white jade double-peach carving, Qianlong
A rare white jade double-peach carving, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsThe stone of exceptionally fine and pure colour, carefully carved as two ripe peaches issuing from a single gnarled branch with leaves...
View ArticleA pale green jade 'marriage' bowl, Qianlong
A pale green jade 'marriage' bowl, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsThe pale green stone enhanced by the smooth-sided carving of the bowl with a simple lipped rim, contrasting with the crisp and delicate three...
View ArticleA rare pale green jade 'five bats' moon flask, bianhu, Qianlong
A rare pale green jade 'five bats' moon flask, bianhu, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsThe elegant flattened moon flask raised on a stepped foot and with a narrow neck flanked by simple scroll handles, the...
View ArticleA fine cream and russet jade boulder, Qianlong
A fine cream and russet jade boulder, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsThe fine white stone with characteristic streaked inclusions, crisply carved with a scene of a scholar leaning on a staff beside a...
View ArticleA fine white jade and russet double box and cover, Qianlong
A fine white jade and russet double box and cover, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsCrisply carved as two flattened hollow spheres joined to form a single vessel with the base slightly recessed, the cover...
View ArticleA pale green jade archaistic vase, gu, Qianlong
A pale green jade archaistic vase, gu, Qianlong. Photo: BonhamsThe vase of flattened hexagonal section, the central section carved with a taotie mask on each of the wider sides, the neck and foot...
View ArticleA pair of coloured diamond and diamond earrings
A pair of coloured diamond and diamond earrings. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014Each pear-shaped yellow diamond to a brilliant-cut diamond surround, surmount and pendant loop, hinged hook fittings,...
View ArticleA rare coloured diamond ring
A rare coloured diamond ring. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014The cushion-shaped fancy intense green diamond weighing 6.13 carats, within a brilliant-cut pink diamond surround, extending to the...
View ArticleA coloured diamond and diamond ring
A coloured diamond and diamond ring. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014Set with a marquise-cut fancy vivid yellow diamond weighing approximately 10.02 carats, flanked by trapeze and tapered baguette-cut...
View ArticleA pair of ruby and diamond earrings, by Bulgari
A pair of ruby and diamond earrings, by Bulgari. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2014The central oval and circular-cut ruby foliate cluster with brilliant-cut diamond accents, to the baguette-cut diamond...
View ArticleDutch and Flemish works of art lead Christie's Sale of Old Master Paintings...
Caspar Netscher (1639-1684), Woman feeding a parrot. Oil on panel, 18 1/8 x 14 5/8 in. (46 x 37 cm.) Estimate: $2,000,000-3,000,000. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2014.New York – Christie’s is pleased...
View ArticleBonhams to sell Empress Marie-Louise of France pocket watch at double royal...
Empress Marie-Louise. Photo: Bonhams.LONDON.- A pocket watch originally owned by Napoleon’s wife, the Empress Marie-Louise, is to be sold at the Bonhams Fine Watch Auction on June 11th in London’s New...
View ArticleOne of the greatest examples of Modernist & Abstract art comes to auction for...
Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue and Grey, 1927. Oil on canvas, 68.5 x 53cm. £13-18 million / $22-30 million. © 2014 Mondrian/Holtzman Trust c/o HCR International USA.LONDON.- Sotheby’s London...
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