Christie’s are to auction a 9,000 year old limestone mask from the Judean desert on June 8 in New York. The mask is among the earliest sculptural types to survive from the ancient Near East. Additional highlights among the 260 lots in the sale are an extremely rare Egyptian painted votive linen [Read More]
Daily Archives: May 28, 2012
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Heritage Auctions June 10 Legends of the Wild West Signature® Auction is shaping up as the most important auction of its kind ever put together, featuring more than 300 artifacts from the biggest and most important names in the history of the American West. The grouping includes The very 12 Gauge Parker [Read More]
Bonhams Hong Kong are to auction an Imperial Portrait of Consort Chunhui as part of the Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art sale to be held on 27 May at the Island Ballroom of the Island Shangri-La Hotel. Attributed to the Italian missionary-artist Giuseppe Castiglione, who served at the Qing Court [Read More]
Christie’s auction of Important Jewels on 13 June, 2012 comprises 368 lots, including stunning royal and aristocratic jewels formerly from both The Collection of Her Imperial Highness Princess Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiary and The Property of Beatrice Countess of Granard OBE, as well as from The Collection of The Late Countess of Dudley [Read More]