Jun 01, 2024Mega International AuctionQING DYNASTY. PRECISION CAST BRONZE LACQUERED GOLD STATUE OF GUANYIN, THE GOOD WEALTH BOY AND THE$700
1 day LeftQuan Rong GalleryChinese Gilt Gold Bronze 12 Zodiacs Pendant w Lacquerware Inlay Green Jade Box$290
3 days LeftJasper52Antique Burmese Tall Monastic Attendant Sculptures w/ Carved and Lacquered Wood and Inlaid Colored$5,500
Jun 08, 2024Himalayan Auction HouseA Fine Carved Red Lacquer Beast-Face Pattern Tripod Double-Ears Censer$800
3 days LeftJasper52Antique Burmese Short Monastic Attendant Sculptures w/ Carved and Lacquered Wood and Inlaid Colored$3,000
Jun 27, 2024Frost & NicklausLot, Hakata Urasaki Fisherman, Pottery & Kakuman Lacquer Tray 1940s Japan$80
Palekh lacquered box a hard sell in post-communist RussiaPALEKH, Russia (AP) – A squirrel tail. Wolf teeth. Sheets of gold. Flax oil. These are the things Vladimir Buldakov uses to work a feat of modern-day alchemy: transforming an ordinary papier-mache box into a gilded miniature masterpiece that will tell the story of saints or heroes, fairies or dragons. Buldakov comes from Palekh, a […]
Gio Ponti Triennale Armchairs lead our five auction highlightsGio Ponti Triennale Armchairs, $117,900 CHICAGO – Among the starring lots at the Wright Design sale on March 28 was this pair of Gio Ponti lacquered wood, upholstery, and brass Triennale armchairs dating to 1951. The design is one produced for ISA (Industria Salotti e Arredamenti), the luxury furniture firm. To achieve the effect of […]
‘Protest furniture’ by Brazilian Jose Zanine Caldas featured at Wright March 28CHICAGO — A signature example of ‘protest furniture’ by Brazilian designer Jose Zanine Caldas (1919-2001) is among the starring lots in the Wright Design sale on Thursday, March 28. Previously in a collection in Sao Paulo, the Namoradeira tete-a-tete rocker dating to circa 1963-1967 was consigned by a vendor in New York and is estimated […]
Adnet and Quinet midcentury works were in strong demand at LAMALOS ANGELES – Mid-century works by the modernist architects and interior designers Jacques Adnet (1900-1984) and Jacques Quinet (1918-1992) were in strong demand at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA). A trio of pieces in their signature leather-clad style brought five-figure sums on February 28. Complete results are available at LiveAuctioneers. While Adnet began his career […]