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THROCKMORTON FINE ART
HONGSHAN
March 7th - April 27th, 2013
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Image: China, Coiled Zhulong (“Pig Dragon”),
Hongshan Period, Neolithic Era, ca. 4700 - 2920 BCE, Jade, H: 7 1/4 in.
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CLOCKWISE FROM LOWER LEFT: SOTHEBY’S HONG KONG; BASELWORLD; THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES
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watches and wines
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Baselworld 2012
The elBulli Wine Cellar. In 2011, gastronomic innovator Ferran Adrià closed
his celebrated elBulli restaurant in Spain and started the elBulli Foundation,
a research center devoted to creativity and cooking. International cuisine is
still adjusting to the loss, but there’s an upside: this season’s highly anticipated
auction of wines from the elBulli cellars to benefit the foundation. More than
5,000 bottles will go on the block in Hong Kong and New York, including some
1,400 of red burgundy and 2,000 of Spanish wine. Highlights include five
vintages of Yquem from 1989–2001 and a selection of rare oloroso and solera
sherries dating back to 1830—as well as a series of “lifestyle lots” that include
elBulli memorabilia and a meal with the master chef himself. Sotheby’s,
April 3 – Hong Kong and April 25 – New York.
Important Watches. More than 400 lots go under the
hammer in this sale, including an A. Lange & Söhne “Pour
Le Merite” tourbillon wristwatch—number 8 in an edition
of 15—and a Patek Philippe reference 3974 in a white-gold
case, only the second to come to auction in 20 years.
Also on offer: a selection of custom-built Patek Philippe
clocks, such as the gold “Magpie’s Treasure Nest” clock,
left, embellished with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and
semiprecious stones. Sotheby’s, April 7 – Hong Kong.
Baselworld. For the latest in technological breakthroughs and style trends
in luxury watches, the spotlight shifts to Switzerland, where Baselworld
opens April 25. Though strictly speaking a trade show, Baselworld is the
preeminent global launchpad for new models and editions, and international
media coverage ensures that word filters out quickly. This year’s event
inaugurates a new exhibition complex designed by Herzog and de Meuron;
global brands like Patek Philippe and Chanel have a hall to themselves, and
so do jewelers specializing in diamonds, pearls, and other precious stones.
April 25–May2, Basel. —SUSAN DELSON
LOS ANGELES
Mystery Man
The Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens never
traveled to Asia. Nor were there diplomatic relations
between Korea and Europe during his lifetime. So
how he was able to draw Man in Korean Costume,
circa 1617, below, remains an unsolved art historical
mystery. An exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum,
“Looking East: Rubens’s Encounter with Asia,”
invites experts to examine the possibilities. At the
center is Rubens’s drawing, previously thought to
depict a Siamese ambassador but identified in 1983 by
a Korean newspaper as a man in traditional Korean
garb. Orbiting around it are potential shreds of
evidence such as Rubens’s contemporaneous portraits
of the Jesuit missionary Nicolas Trigault and an
account of the only Korean slave recorded in European
history, Antonio Corea, arriving in Italy. While
many have speculated that the drawing depicts Corea,
the show’s curator, Stephanie Schrader, theorizes
that Rubens accessed the costume via Trigault, who
might have brought it back from China. “Instead of
trying to find the one Korean who was ever in Europe
when Rubens was alive, I think the question is more
‘How could Korean goods have come to Europe?’ ” she
explains. “The focus gets broader instead of narrower.”
On view through June 9. —GEORGINA WELLS
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