7 septembre 2008

Mon avis: Un peu trop sage, très "Oscar de la Renta", à mon avis... Photo Marcio Madeira/www.style.com

A group of four painted pottery funerary vessels. Han Dynasty Including two cocoon jars, one hu-form jar and one duck-headed bottle, each with painted decoration (chips, surfaces repainted). 15 1/2in (39.5cm) height of tallest jar. Estimate: $800 - 1,200 Bonhams. Asian Decorative Art, 9 Sep 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. www.bonhams.com

Circle of Juseppe Ribera (Jatiba circa 1590 - 1652 Naples ). Saint Hieronymus. Oil on canvas. 72.5 x 92.2 cm. Estimation : 30 000 / 40 000 CHF Vente du Vendredi 19 septembre 2008. Tableaux de Maîtres Anciens. Koller - CH-8031 Zurich. Tel: + 41/44/445 63 63

Six green glazed pottery vessels. Han Dynasty Including one shallow dish, one model of a well head, one jar in the shape of a granary, one jarlet of compressed globular form, one double-ear cup and one hu-shaped jar with raised decoration (all with degraded glazes, some with restorations and losses); together with one bronze oval basin with two circular handles (partially cleaned, remains of corrosion and burial earth). [7]. 13 1/2in (34cm) height of tallest vessel. Estimate: $600 - 800 Bonhams. Asian Decorative... [Lire la suite]

Abraham Mignon (1640 Frankfurt 1679). Still life with flowers, lizards, frogs, butterflies and birds in a grotto. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right : A. Mignon fe. 80 x 95 cm. Estimation : 900 000 / 1 200 000 CHFProvenance: - Galerie Georges de Jonckheere, Paris, 2000.- European private collection, acquired at the above gallery.Exhibited: Namur, Musée des Arts anciens, Tableaux de maîtres flamandes et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècle, Autour de Henri Bles, 13. May-1. November 2000, No.45 with ill.Literature: Kraemer-Noble,... [Lire la suite]

A two-section painted pottery model of a horse. Han Dynasty Including the elongated body and the well-modeled head with its spreading neck, the surfaces showing extensive burial deposits, traces of carmine and white gesso (losses). 21 12in (54.5cm) long. Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500 Bonhams. Asian Decorative Art, 9 Sep 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. www.bonhams.com

Peter Binoit (Cologne circa 1623 - 1632 Hanau). Still life with grapes, birds and a melon on a table. Oil on panel. Monogrammed and dated lower right: P/B 1624. 73 x 110 cm. Estimation : 35 000 / 45 000 CHFProvenance: - Christie's, London, 19. April 2000, Lot 304.- private collection.Literature: Bott, Gerhard: Die Stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marell in Hanau und Frankfurt 1600 - 1650, Hanau 2001, WV. B. 50, p. 212. Vente du Vendredi 19 septembre 2008. Tableaux de Maîtres Anciens. Koller - CH-8031 Zurich. Tel: +... [Lire la suite]

A group of five green glazed pottery funerary vessels. Han Dynasty Including a tall jar with a hunting scene banding the body of compressed globular form (repaired), a small jar with sloping shoulder, two double-ear cups and a ladle (all with degraded glazes, some chips). 11 5/8in (29.5cm) height of the largest. Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500 Bonhams. Asian Decorative Art, 9 Sep 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. www.bonhams.com

Roelant-Jacobsz Savery, (Courtrai 1576 - 1639 Utrecht). Paradisiacal landscape with animals and Saint Hubertus. 1627. Oil on panel. Signed and dated lower right: ROELANDT / SAVERÿ.FE / 1627. 38 x 54.6 cm. Estimation : 200 000 / 300 000 CHFProvenance: - Private collection , Paris.- Piasa auction, Paris, 24. June 1998, Lot 5.- European collection . Vente du Vendredi 19 septembre 2008. Tableaux de Maîtres Anciens. Koller - CH-8031 Zurich. Tel: + 41/44/445 63 63

A Himalayan copper alloy begging bowl with colored inlay Its shoulder surrounded with bands of overlapping lotus petals filled with siddham characters and green, blue and red overlay above four larger reserves with raised borders featuring turquoise and red colored inlays and further siddham characters in blue-ground roundels. 7 3/4in (19.5cm) diameter - Estimate: $500 - 700 Bonhams. Asian Decorative Art, 9 Sep 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco. www.bonhams.com