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A gem set gold-mounted dagger (jambiyya) and scabbard, Yemen and India, late 19th century

Lot 318. A gem set gold-mounted dagger (jambiyya) and scabbard, Yemen and India, late 19th century; 12 ½ ins. (31.8 cm.) long. Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 200,000. Price realised USD 300,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Set with diamonds, rubies and...

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Tags: jambiyya, Nizams of Hyderabad, Yemen and India, late 19th

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30 juin 2019

A gem set jade huqqa base, North India, 1740-1780

Lot 196. A gem set jade huqqa base, North India, 1740-1780; 6 3/8 ins. (16.2 cm.) high; 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 325,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, the underside...

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Tags: Huqqa Base, North India, 1740-1780, gem set jade, Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur

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30 juin 2019

Sotheby's unveils 'Treasures from Chatsworth' with Leonardo Da Vinci drawing, Lucian Freud portraits, and more

Chatsworth House. © Chatsworth House Trust NEW YORK, NY .- Sotheby’s New York opened its doors today to Treasures from Chatsworth – a rare, public exhibition in the United States of works from the fabled Devonshire Collection, held at historic Chatsworth...

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Tags: Canaletto, Leonardo da Vinci, Lucian Freud, Rembrandt van Rijn, Raffaele Monti, The Devonshire Parure

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30 juin 2019

Pre-Columbian gold pushes American Indian and Tribal Art auction above $1 Million

Lot 70268. A Large and Important Diquis Gold Pendant, c. 700-1400 AD. Height: 4 ¼ inches. Sold for $50,000 . Courtesy Heritage Auctions. DALLAS, TX .- A surge in demand for pre-Columbian art made of solid gold lifted Heritage Auctions ’ Ethnographic Art:...

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Tags: Maya, Olmec, Culture Diquis Veraguas, Chavin, Mezcala, Green Serpentine Mask

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29 juin 2019

Nigerian Art at High Museum of Art, Atlanta

Yoruba Artist, Nigeria, “Dance Staff for Esu/Elegba”, Late nineteenth–early twentieth century. Wood, 16 x 3 1/2 x 8 inches, Fred and Rita Richman Collection, 1980.500.72, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. © High Museum of Art, Atlanta In this dance staff made...

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Tags: Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, òpá Ògún, Ade Obatala

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29 juin 2019

BOZAR exhibits 150 works of art from Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo's impressive collection

BRUSSELS .- South-African artist/curator Kendell Geers and Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo selected together 150 works of art from Dokolo’s impressive collection. Their aim is to lead the visitor towards a change in the perspective on ancient and...

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Tags: Gabon, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Kendell Geers, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Mano Mask, Kwele Ngon mask

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29 juin 2019

Christie's to offer masterpieces from a Rothschild Collection

LONDON .- Telling the remarkable story of objects collected across centuries and treasured for generations, Christie’s will offer a landmark collection sale Masterpieces from a Rothschild Collection in London on 4 of July. Comprising approximately 57...

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Tags: Julien Le Roy, Louis XV, Louis XVI, Jean-Henri Riesener, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Léonard Limosin, Martin Carlin, David Teniers, Hendrik Van Soest, Rothschild Collection, Bernard III van Risenburgh, Hans Beutmuller

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29 juin 2019

Exhibition explores Dutch and Spanish painting of the 16th and 17th centuries

Johannes Vermeer, The Geographer, 1669. Oil on canvas, 51,6 x 45,4 cm, Frankfurt, Städel Museum. © Städel Museum MADRID .- Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer: Parallel visions is an exhibition that encourages visitors to not only appreciate the quality and...

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Tags: Diego Velázquez, Hendrick Ter Brugghen, Frans Hals, Matthias Stom, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco de Zurbarán, Anthonis Mor, Felipe Ramírez, Werner van den Valckert, Rembrandt Harmenzoon van Rijn, Eugenio Cajès, Pieter Van Steenwijck, Juseppe de Ribera

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27 juin 2019

Detroit Institute of Arts exhibits Impressionist era treasures from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Study for “Le Chahut,” 1889, Georges Seurat, French; oil on canvas. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, General Purchase Funds, 1943:10. DETROIT, MICH .- From Wednesday, June 26 to Sunday, October 13, 2019, the Detroit Institute of Arts presents Humble and Human:...

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Tags: Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, Gustave Caillebotte

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27 juin 2019

The Barakat Gallery presents eight millennia of ceramic art from around the world

Neolithic Çatalhüyük Terracotta Fertility Goddess, 6000 BCE - 5000 BCE. Terracotta, 17.1 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm, 6 3/4 x 4 x 4 in, LO.554, POA. Courtesy Barakat Gallery. LONDON .- ‘Unglazed’ presents eight millennia of ceramic art from around the world, emphasising...

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Tags: Attic, black-figure, lekythos, Neolithic, Recumbant Figure, Sumerian Terracotta, Çatalhüyük, Fertility Goddess

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