Category: Antiquities

France, XVIIIe Siècle Buste d'homme (Bust of man) terracotta, resting on a rear white marble pedestal H: 46 cm (17 in.); H (total): 63 cm (243⁄4 in.) Estimate EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000 Christie's: Maîtres Anciens: Peintures - Sculptures, Paris, 31 May - 14 June 2024

Large Bronze Buddha Head Thailand, U-Thong Style, 14th Century Height: 51 cm. (20 1/8 in.) Estimate EUR 20,000 – EUR 30,000 Price realised EUR 25,200 at Christie's: Art d'Asie, Paris, 13 June 2024

Rare and Important Buddha Statue In Gilded Copper Nepal, Early Malla Period, 13th Century Height: 21,5 cm. (8 ½ in.) Estimate EUR 300,000 – EUR 500,000 Price realised EUR 428,400 at Christie's: Art d'Asie, Paris, 13 June 2024 The figure presented here stands as a quintessential example of Newari gilt-copper craftsmanship, hailing from the earliest ...

Vietnamese Ly-Tran Jar, Collection of Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

Auguste Rodin (France, 1840–1917) Le Baiser (The Kiss) sculpture; Marble 181.5 × 112.5 × 117 cm. (71.5 × 44.3 × 46 in.) Executed in 1882 Collection of Musée Rodin, Paris, France This couple embracing, this woman abandoning herself, this hand that the man places, barely, like a touch, on the hip of the one he ...

Zhang Heng's Seismoscope, The Zhang Heng's Earthquake Recorder, Te Papa Collection, Museum of New Zealand. WHEN DRAGONS DETECTED EARTHQUAKES This interesting-looking pot is in fact a seismoscope, the first known in the world, invented in 132 CE by a Chinese scholar named Zhang Heng. It's a seismoscope, not a seismograph, which means it can detect ...

Rare Jar In White Blue Enamelled A Rare Blue and White Glazed Stoneware Peony's Storage Jar Vietnam, 15th Century The bulging globular belly is richly painted with blooming plovers. The shoulder is decorated with powerful Buddhist lions walking over the clouds. The collar is embellished with stylised flowers and the feet of a frieze of ...

A Stone Figure of Dancing Shiva Cham art, Tháp Mẫm Style, Bình Ðịnh, Vietnam, 11th – 12th Century stone 113 cm. (44 1/2 in.) high Provenance Collection of a French officer in Vietnam, brought to France in 1952 Acquired from the above in 1986 Private Collection, Europe Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2016 Price Realised ...

A Stone Figure of Ganesh Cham art, Tháp Mẫm style, Bình Ðịnh, Vietnam, 11-12th Century stone 51 cm. (20 in.) high Provenance Collection of a French officer in Vietnam, brought to France in 1952 Acquired from the above in 1986 Private Collection, Europe Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2016 Price Realised HKD 275,000 at Christie’s ...

Michelangelo (Italy, 1475-1564) David Marble sculpture 517 × 199 cm (17 × 6.5 ft) Executed circa 1501–1504 Collection of Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, Italy At first glance, this statue doesn't seem to be hiding much. In fact, to say the least, it shows... everything. And yet, it conceals many secrets. First of all, do you know ...