9 janvier 2009

Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (Antwerp 1573 - 1621 The Hague), Still Life with Tulips, Roses, Narcissi and Other Flowers in a Glass Beaker signed with monogram lower left. oil on copper. 9 7/8 by 6 3/4 in.; 25.1 by 17.1 cm. Estimate 4,000,000—6,000,000 USD PROVENANCE: In the collection of a Hungarian noble family by the late 19th century;Purchased from that family by an ancestor of the present owners, circa 1955. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: L.J. Bol, The Bosschaert Dynasty: Painters of Flower and Fruit, Leigh-on-Sea 1960,... [Lire la suite]

Jan Jansz. van de Velde (Haarlem 1619/20 - Enkhuzen or Amsterdam 1662/64), Still Life with a Glass of Beer, a Pipe, Tobacco and Other Requisites of Smoking signed and dated on the table at left J. v. Velde fecit/1658. oil on panel. 12 1/2 by 10 1/4 in.; 31.6 by 26.1 cm. Estimate 700,000—900,000 USD PROVENANCE: Collection TP (or PT);G.M.C. Hoog, Haarlem;Thence by descent in the family, from whom purchased by the present collector LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: N.R.A. Vroom, De schilders van het monochrome banketje, Amsterdam... [Lire la suite]

Jan van Kessel the Elder (Antwerp 1626 - 1679), A Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and other insects with shells and a sprig of borage (Borago officinalis) oil on copper. 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 in.; 15.9 by 23.5 cm. Estimate 300,000—400,000 USD CATALOGUE NOTE: Jan van Kessel the Elder's delightful painting on copper of butterflies, insects and flowers was probably made to decorate a collector's cabinet which contained naturalia. Sets of such paintings were produced, making up an even number and arranged... [Lire la suite]

A group of three Longquan celadon dishes, Ming Dynasty Each molded with a raised edge to the rim flange and a band of recessed ribs filling the curving interior wall: the floor of one incised with a lotus roundel beneath an olive-green glaze (restored rim), another of blue-green hue showing an impressed peony branch (broken and extensively restored), the decoration on the third unclear beneath the olive glaze (crack, wear). 13 1/4in (32.5cm) average diameter - Estimate: $400 - 600 Bonhams. SoMa Estate Auction, 25 Jan 2009.... [Lire la suite]

A Dehua porcelain footed cup, 17th Century Of oval section with a deep well suggesting a rhino horn and raised on three low feet, the exterior walls incised with a flying crane reversed by a five-character inscription. 5 1/8in (13cm) wide - Estimate: $300 - 450 Bonhams. SoMa Estate Auction, 25 Jan 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd.,Images and Text All Rights Reserved

A large Swatow blue and white porcelain dish, 16th Century Its wide, curving well painted with a band of vegetal and flower reserves around the cavetto and a phoenix standing upon a garden rock centering the floor, the glaze on the foot and recessed base filled with kiln grit (restored). 15 3/4in (40cm) diameter - Estimate: $250 - 400 Bonhams. SoMa Estate Auction, 25 Jan 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd.,Images and Text All Rights Reserved

Lot 19. Lucas Cranach the Elder (Kronach 1472 - 1553 Weimar), Old Man Beguiled by Courtesans, signed upper right with the artist's device of a dragon with wings folded - oil on panel - 32 1/4 by 47 7/8 in.; 81.9 by 120.9 cm. Estimate 800,000—1,200,000 USD. Lot sold 1,762,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. PROVENANCE: Bodenburg Collection, Halle;Prof. Dr. W. Freiherr von Bissing, Munich, by 1910;Munich art market;Von Schönaich-Carolath, Germany;Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, April 9, 1986, lot 69,... [Lire la suite]

Lucas Cranach the Elder (Kronach 1472 - 1553 Weimar), Portrait of a Bearded Young Man signed upper left with the artist's device of a dragon with spread wings and dated 1518 - oil on linden panel - 16 1/2 by 11 1/8 in.; 42 by 28 cm. Estimate 600,000—800,000 USD PROVENANCE: Count Dohna, Germany;R. Zahn, Munich;His sale, Munich, Galerie Hugo Helbig, November 20, 1917, lot 11;Marczell von Nemes, Budapest;With A.S. Drey, Munich, 1921;Art market, Berlin, 1923With Van Diemen Galleries, New York, by 1929;From whom acquired by... [Lire la suite]

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (Haarlem 1562 - 1638), The Purification of the Israelites at Mount Sinai signed and dated lower right CH. Ao. 1600 - oil on panel - 26 by 22 1/2 in.; 66 by 57.2 cm. Estimate 700,000—900,000 USD PROVENANCE: Melchior Wyntgis, Middleburg, by 1604;Lucas Merens, Burgomeester of Hoorn and Director of the Dutch East India Company;His sale, Amsterdam, Ploos, April 15, 1778, lot 36, ("...alles zo schoon van koloriet, als uitmuntend van Teekening, zijnde dot een kabinetsuk van deeze groote Meester,... [Lire la suite]

A small jade cup and  carved green hardstone covered censer with two elephant-form handles  With reticulated wood cover (wear); together with a carved green hardstone covered censer with two elephant-form handles [2] - 3 1/4 and 6 1/8in wide - Estimate: $450 - 650 Bonhams. SoMa Estate Auction, 25 Jan 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.com Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd.,Images and Text All Rights Reserved