Going Once | Titian, Luxury, Chinese ceramics

A guide to vintage port, Specialists’ picks and summer trends in luxury, and more [Christie's]( [Christie's]( [Going Once] [Going Once] 8 June 2024 This week’s stories The Titian twice stolen and once left at a bus stop [ ]( Painted when the artist was barely 20, Rest on the Flight into Egypt has been coveted by emperors, archdukes — and art thieves [Read more]( [ ]( Luxury Week: specialists’ picks, from an Hermès Bolide on Wheels to an expedition-worn ‘Prototype Pre-Explorer’ Rolex [Read more]( [ ]( How to collect vintage port: our guide to the best producers and the finest years for Portugal’s (very) long-lived fortified wine [Read more]( [ ]( Chinese ceramics: discover the importance of kilns, palettes, reign marks, glazes… and why it always pays to check the base [Read more]( [ ]( Staying on trend this summer: whatever you need, we’ve got it, from floral jewels to uber-pale bags for that ‘white noise’ look [Read more]( [More Stories]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Editor’s picks [ ]( Dating from around 1800 , [The Souvenir]( depicts an elegantly dressed young woman carving an initial into a tree trunk, watched by her faithful pet spaniel. It is a copy of a painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (now in the Wallace Collection in London) and was made by an artist in his circle [View Lot]( Estimate: €1,500-2,000 until 14 June , Online [ ]( The Italian jewellery house Bulgari opened its first American outlet at the Pierre Hotel in New York in 1972, and launched a ‘Stars and Stripes’ collection using motifs from the US flag. Among the designs produced in the years that followed was this [diamond and enamel bracelet]( with its star-spangled spheres in red and blue [View Lot]( Estimate: $50,000-70,000 11 June , New York [ ]( [Boats and Mountains]( is a meditative evocation of fishing vessels at daybreak by Lin Fengmian, a Chinese artist who was also an inspirational teacher. Having studied in Paris and Berlin in the 1920s, he returned home to help found the National Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where Wu Guanzhong and Zao Wou-Ki were among his students [View Lot]( Estimate: €40,000-60,000 13 June , Paris [ ]( In 18th-century France, gracious living was not solely the preserve of high-born humans, as this [Louis XVI dog kennel]( demonstrates. Made around 1775 by Georges Jacob, one of the era’s foremost furniture-makers, it reflected a growing trend among fashionable ladies to keep lapdogs — and treat them to every luxury [View Lot]( Estimate: $8,000-12,000 until 18 June , Online [Browse Auctions]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What’s on Closing soon | New York [Important Watches, 10 June ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Exhibition | Paris [Important Vietnamese Artworks from the Melchior Dejouany Collection, until 13 June ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Selling Exhibition | London, New York and Online [Impressionism: 150 Years, until 31 July ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Spotlight on [ ]( • From the Kellywood to the Mini Kelly Picnic: your guide to the most coveted limited editions of [Hermès’s iconic bag]( • [Independent watchmakers]( need-to-know makers and models, from traditionally crafted marvels to avant-garde designs [ ]( Anytime, Anywhere [Private Sales: Our best kept secret]( ART AND LUXURY, READY TO TAKE HOME [Buy Now]( [ ]( Accepting Applications [Christie’s Grant for Nazi-era Provenance Research 2024]( Worldwide, until 30 June [Find out more]( [All Stories]( [Auctions]( [Private Sales]( [Christie’s 3.0]( [Christie's]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us [INSTAGRAM]( | [FACEBOOK]( | [YOUTUBE]( | [WECHAT]( [© CHRISTIE’S 2024]( [Web version]( | [Privacy policy]( | [Unsubscribe](