Paradise found at Bonhams imposing Claude Lorrain landscape unseen at auction...
Lot 38. Claude Gellée, called Claude Lorrain (Champagne 1600-1682 Rome), A pastoral landscape with a shepherd and shepherdess beside their livestock in an Arcadian landscape with drovers on a bridge...
View Article"Zao Wou-Ki une donation exceptionnelle" au musée Cernuschi
Zao Wou-ki avec sa collection d’antiques© Photo PetitPARIS - L’entrée dans la collection du musée Cernuschi de la donation de Madame Françoise Marquet-Zao est historique.Tout d’abord, elle rappelle...
View ArticleChinese Snuff Bottles from the American collections at Bonhams, 28 june 2016
Lot 7074. A green and russet jade snuff bottle, 1780-1880, 2 7/16in (6.2cm) high. Estimate US$ 10,000 - 15,000 (€8,800 - 13,000). Photo: Bonhams.Provenance: Robert Hall, 19 October 2006Collection of...
View ArticleJades chinois chez Sotheby's Paris, le 23 juin 2016
Lot 90. Rare grand disque en jade vert épinard, bi, Dynastie des Han Occidentaux (206 av. J.-C. - 9). Estimation 30,000 — 50,000 €. Photo Sotheby's.le jade sculpté en forme de disque avec une petite...
View ArticleChinese Cloisonné Enamels at Christie's Paris 22 june 2016
Lot 280. A rare large cloisonné enamel fish basin, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Estimate €100,000 – €150,000 ($113,436 - $170,154). Unsold. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016The basin...
View ArticleBest of d'art chinois chez Osenat, Arts d'Asie, le 18 Juin 2016
Lot 16. A pale green jade vase, 20th century. Estimation : 600 € / 900 €. Adjugéà 28 000 €. Photo OsenatVase en jade vert clair sculpté de forme balustre quadrangulaire, les anses ajourées en forme de...
View ArticleMariano Fortuny
Régine Flory dans une robe de Mariano Fortuny (1910)Clarisse Coudert, wife of Condé Nast, in a Fortuny Delphos and long mantle, c. 1919.Robe 'Delphos' portée par Mrs.William Wetmore, posant devant un...
View ArticleDerby Museums acquires two paintings by Joseph Wright
Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797), Arkwright's Mills & A View of Cromford Bridge, c. 1795-6 © Derby Museums Trust.DERBY.- The paintings, which are believed to be among the last in Wright's career,...
View ArticleThe National Gallery explores great paintings from a unique perspective
LONDON.- Spanning over five hundred years of art history, Painters’ Paintings presents more than eighty works, which were once in the possession of great painters: pictures that artists were given or...
View ArticleStatuette de Bhaisajyaguru en alliage de cuivre doré, Népal oriental-Tibet,...
Lot 137. Statuette de Bhaisajyaguru en alliage de cuivre doré, Népal oriental-Tibet, dynastie Khasa Malla, vers le XIVe siècle. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 €. Lot sold 183,000 €. Photo: Sotheby's.assis en...
View ArticleStatuette d'un lama en allliage de cuivre incrusté, Tibet, XIIIe-XIVe siècle
Lot 141. Statuette d'un lama en allliage de cuivre incrusté, Tibet, XIIIe-XIVe siècle. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 €. Lot sold 81,000 €. Photo: Sotheby's.assis en vajrasana sur une double base lotiforme...
View ArticleStatuette de Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara en alliage de cuivre doré, Mongolie,...
Lot 154. Statuette de Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara en alliage de cuivre doré, Mongolie, XVIIIe-XIXe siècle. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 €. Lot sold 81,000 €. Photo: Sotheby's.assis en vajrasana sur une...
View ArticlePortrait du Précepteur Impérial Künga Gyaltsen en alliage de cuivre incrusté,...
Lot 142. Portrait du Précepteur Impérial Künga Gyaltsen en alliage de cuivre incrusté, Tibet, XVe-XVIe siècle. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 €. Lot sold 81,000 €. Photo: Sotheby's.assis en vajrasana sur une...
View ArticleStatuette de Manjusri en bronze doré, Dynastie Qing, XVIIIe siècle
Lot 160. Statuette de Manjusri en bronze doré, Dynastie Qing, XVIIIe siècle. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 €. Lot sold 52,500 €. Photo: Sotheby's.assis en vajrasana sur un double socle lotiforme, la main...
View ArticleFirst Monographic Exhibition on Prominent French Artist Hubert Robert...
Hubert Robert (1733–1808), The Landing Place, 1788, oil on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Richard T. Crane.Washington, DC—Celebrated for the fundamental role he played in promoting the...
View ArticleSpecial collections of fine English ceramics lead Skinner's Auction of...
Lot 365. Wedgwood Numbered First Edition Copy of the Portland Vase, England, 18th century. Estimate $40,000-$60,000. Photo SkinnerMARLBOROUGH, MASS.- Skinner, Inc. will present a summer auction of...
View ArticleAn embroidered blue silk ground dragon robe, 19th century
Lot 8138. An embroidered blue silk ground dragon robe, 19th century. Estimate US$ 5,000 - 8,000 (€4,500 - 7,200). Photo Bonhams.The nine dragons and the background pattern of lotus flowers and...
View ArticleA blue ground kesi-woven silk dragon robe, 19th century
Lot 8139. A blue ground kesi-woven silk dragon robe, 19th century. Estimate US$ 6,000 - 8,000 (€5,400 - 7,200). Photo Bonhams.The nine dragons woven primarily in fine gilt-wrapped threads while white...
View ArticleA Manchu nobleman's chestnut ground brocade-woven court robe, jifu,...
Lot 8140. A Manchu nobleman's chestnut ground brocade-woven court robe, jifu, Qianlong-Jiajing period (1736-1820). Estimate US$ 10,000 - 15,000 (€9,000 - 14,000). Photo Bonhams.Woven in fine...
View ArticleA sky blue glazed vase, Yongzheng mark, late Qing-Republic period
Lot 8218. A sky blue glazed vase, Yongzheng mark, late Qing-Republic period. Estimate US$ 2,000 - 4,000 (€1,800 - 3,600). Photo Bonhams.Of tall and attenuated ovoid form supporting beast head ring...
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