9 novembre 2008

Pieter Claesz. (Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia c. 1597-1660 Haarlem). Quinces, peaches, a sliced melon on a silver plate, a bread roll, a leg of ham on a pewter plate, a knife, a 'Roemer' of white wine, a stoneware jug and a basket of fruit, all on a table signed with monogram and dated 'A° Pc 1651' (lower left). oil on panel. 52.4 x 84.1 cm. Estimate €70,000 - €100,000  ($89,673 - $128,105) Provenance : In the collection of the present owners and their family for at least 75 years. Notes : By 1651, the date of the... [Lire la suite]

Hendrik van Steenwijck II (Antwerp c. 1580-1649 Leiden or The Hague). Baal's priests consuming the offerings of the people in a temple signed and dated 'HENR: VA. STEN·Jonge ·1604· (lower right). oil on panel. 65.4 x 92.3 cm. Estimate €80,000 - €120,000 ($102,484 - $153,725) Provenance : Graeff van Polsbroek, Amsterdam and by descent to the current owner. Notes : Hendrik van Steenwijck II painted this picture shortly after the untimely death of his father and teacher in 1603 (see lot 13). Only in these years the... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach I and Workshop (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar). Saint Christopher with the Christ Child crossing a stream, oil on panel. 48.8 x 35 cm. Estimate  €100,000 - €150,000 ($128,105 - $192,157).  © Christie's Images Ltd 2008 Provenance : Pastor Adolf Glitza, Hamburg, 1893.Frau Meyer-Glitza, Hamburg, 1932.Anonymous sale; Graupe, Berlin, 10 December 1932, lot 96, where bought by the family of the present owner. Literature : M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach, Berlin,... [Lire la suite]

A pair of Régence ormolu-mounted Chinese blue glazed porcelain vases, the porcelain Qing dynasty, 18th century, the mounts circa 1725 with a dentilled rim above a vase decorated with scales and two twirling snakes on a dentilled shaped base fitted with rosettes. 31 cm. Lot sold 80,500 USD Sotheby's. Important French Furniture. 06 Nov 08. New York  Photo courtesy Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com

A Chinese Kangxi parcel-gilt and powder blue large Jardinière, 18th century, the later mounts in Louis XVI style with an ormolu leaf-cast rim and laurel-leaf base, on three leaf-carved feet. 40.5 cm; 44.5 cm. Lot sold 10,000 USD Sotheby's. Important French Furniture. 06 Nov 08. New York  Photo courtesy Sotheby's. www.sothebys.com

A fine pair of Louis XV/XVI ormolu-mounted Chinese blue porcelain vases, circa 1765-70 each with tall flared neck fitted with a fluted serpentine ormolu rim flanked by angular ormolu handles cast with leaf tips and with pendant acorns and oak leaves, the tapered lower part raised on a spreading ormolu base marked with paterae and cast with acanthus leaves. 41.5 cm; 19.5 cm. Lot sold 68,500 USD PROVENANCE: Sold Christie's, New York, November 2, 2000, lot 266 NOTE: These vases which reflect the influence of the goût grec... [Lire la suite]

photography by Tamara Pinco

A blue-glazed bottle vase, tianqiuping. Kangxi six-character mark, Guangxu The globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck and standing on a recessed foot, covered overall to the exterior with an even rich blue glaze, stopping neatly at the foot ring and thinning to white around the mouth rim, the interior glazed white. 22.7cm (9in) high. Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000. Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd.,Images and Text All Rights Reserved Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 6 Nov 2008. New Bond Street - www.bonhams.com

A tall flambé-glazed bottle vase. 18th century The globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, all supported on a straight footring, covered in a deep raspberry glaze suffused with streaks of purple and blue, the colour thinning at the lip revealing a pale buff crackled glaze, the base painted with a brown slip with mottling. 53.2cm (21in) high. Sold for £5,760. Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd.,Images and Text All Rights Reserved Bonhams. Fine Chinese Art, 6 Nov 2008. New Bond Street - www.bonhams.com

A pair of green-glazed incised circular bowls and covers. Guangxu six-character marks and of the period Each finely incised around the exterior with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, between two phoenix birds in flight, amidst clouds and flames, all within borders of classic scroll, the covers with a circular medallion enclosing a crane, the bowls with a band of waves crashing against rockwork above cloud scroll at the foot, both interior and exterior covered all over with a bright apple-green glaze... [Lire la suite]