Lot n° 157
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15 - 30
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L'Or des amazones / From the Red River to the Mekong / Ikeba - Lot 157
L'Or des amazones / From the Red River to the Mekong / Ikebana L'Or des amazones (2001)
Between the 6th century BC and the dawn of the early Middle Ages, in the lands where ancient tradition places the legendary Amazons, two worlds met: that of nomadic horsemen riding endlessly westwards from the depths of Asia, and that of adventurous navigators, Greeks from the Mediterranean who soon founded cities. These nomads, Scythians, Sauromats, then Sarmatians, left extraordinarily rich burial sites in the vicinity of ports where caravan routes criss-crossed the steppes as far as Bactria and the borders of China. The fruit of sometimes very recent excavations, these exceptional objects, preserved in museums in southern Russia, are brought together here for the first time. Chinese mirrors, massive torques, parade harnesses, barbaric goldsmiths' pieces enhanced with fine stones stand side by side with fragile glassware, enamels and sumptuous gold and silver tableware, whose images illustrate, among other things, in the most refined of classical traditions, the lovemaking of the Nereids or the story of Love and Psyche. The 15,000 objects inventoried here illustrate the importance of this heritage for the emerging West. Between Asia and Europe, Antiquity and the Middle Ages, classical civilization and modern "barbarism", nomads were prodigious conduits.
FROM THE RED RIVER TO THE MEKONG-VISIONS OF VIET-NAM-MUSEE CERNUSCHI (2012)
In the second half of the 19th century, many French painters were fascinated by the stories of explorers and archaeologists who rediscovered Angkor and the great sites of Southeast Asia, and set off on the great journey to the landscapes of Indochina and its ancient, refined cultures. In France, universal and colonial exhibitions familiarized the public with the Far East. In 1921, painter Victor Tardieu's chance visit to Tonkin led him to Hanoi, where he founded the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, which he ran until his death. In the context of French colonization, the School relied on painters who had won the Indochina Prize to develop the teaching of Western artistic practices. Young Vietnamese painters made talented use of the new materials at their disposal, inventing an original style that combined the Asian traditions of lacquer and silk with their newly acquired skills. From the Red River to the Mekong presents a wide range of seventy-five works by over forty Vietnamese and French artists, sculptors, painters and lacquerers.
Ikebana at the Musée Cernuschi: Shuho, master of ikebana (2014)
This book was born of the encounter between Shuhō, Master of Ikebana at Kyōto's Ginkaku Jishōji (Silver Pavilion) temple, and the Musée Cernuschi's collection of Japanese bronze flower vases that had not been used since they left Japan in 1872. 31 vases are listed here
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