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Christie's A review of the year in art and objects

Christies A review of the year in art and objects

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Christie\'s specialists select their favourite lots of 2015 not simply those that sold for the highest prices, but artworks and objects that inspired, intrigued or moved them

Christie's specialists select their favourite lots of 2015 not simply those that sold for the highest prices, but artworks and objects that inspired, intrigued or moved them

Jussi Pylkkänen, Christie’s Global President, on the masterpiece by Pablo Picasso that set a new world record for the most valuable work of art sold at auction

Laetitia Delaloye, Head of Sale in the Antiquities department in London, on a Cycladic marble female figure

Sara Friedlander, Head of Evening Sale for Post-War and Contemporary Art, on a piece by Felix Gonzales-Torres that encouraged viewers to eat and deplete it

Margaret Gristina, specialist in Asian and Chinese Works of Art, on a rare blue and white dated Gu-form vase

Nic McElhatton, Chairman of Christie’s South Kensington, on the Vickers Supermarine Spitfire P9374

Tristan Bruck, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art specialist, on a gilt-bronze figure of a bear

Virgilio Garza, Head of the Latin American Art department, onVampiros Vegetarianos by Remedios Varo

James Hyslop, Head of the Travel, Science & Natural History department, on a massive dinosaur vertebra

Alexander Berggruen, Impressionist & Modern Art specialist, on Duchamp’s ‘virtual museum’

Louise Broadhurst, Head of Christie’s Oriental Carpet Department, on a Peruvian tapestry

Jeremy Morrison, Senior Director of the Design Department in London, on a rare table by Carlo Bugatti

International Head of Jewellery Rahul Kadakia on Elena’s emerald and diamond fringe necklace

Decorative Arts specialist Shari Kashani selects Napoleon’s bicorne hat

Michelle Cheng, Chinese Works of Art specialist, on a rare bronze phoenix-form ewer

Christie's International Head of Watches John Reardon on a Patek Philippe pocket watch

House Sales specialist Amelia Walker selects Marie Antoinette’s chair

Post-war and Contemporary Art specialist Amanda Lo Iacono on Warhol’s Golden Shoe

Interiors specialist Harriet Homfray on a Howard & Sons daybed

Wine specialist Noah May selects a rare consignment of pre-Prohibition Rye Whiskey

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