17 février 2015

A rare Vermeil and glass liqueur service with the original embossed leather case by Elias Adam, Augsburg, 1712-15. Estimate 15 000 €. Photo Nagel comprising a credenza, a liqueur carafe and 6 footed liqueur glasses. All pieces decorated with scroll ornaments. Town mark for Augsburg, maker's mark of Elias Adam, assayer's test. 1 glass added, minor wear, minor damages due to age to the box. D. 26 cm/Etui Note: A liquor service Elias Adams with the same cupboard but with mounted stand for the service... [Lire la suite]

A big French faience round dish, Nevers, c. 1660-80. Estimate 1000 €. Photo Nagel painted in "a grand feu" with Chinoiserie an a crowned monastic coat of arms with attributes. Coat of arms of the French comtal family Pellot originally from Lorraine and Lyonnais. Minor chips, very minor glaze cracks. D. 43 cm Provenance: From the collection of Himmelheber/Herrmann, Karlsruhe.  Ref: Jean Rosen, La faience de Nevers 1585-1900, tome 2, L'âge d'or du XVIIème siècle, fig. 614ff. Nagel. Sale... [Lire la suite]

A Guan-type bowl, 18th-19th century. Estimate £500 - 800 (€670 - 1,100). Photo Bonhams. The deep bowl covered in a 'golden thread and iron wire' double-crackled glaze, raised on a short footrim, the base with a four-character mark. 12.9cm (5in) diameter Bonhams. ASIAN ART. 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

A Dehua figure of a Monk, 17th century. Estimate £600 - 800 (€810 - 1,100). Photo Bonhams. The meditating figure seated in padmasana atop a rocky plinth, the body clad in a hooded robe, with his hands in dhyana mudra, the eyes downcast and with a contented expression; together with a Zhangzhou white ware lobed baluster vase with a flaring rim, the shoulders flanked with characterful bats in high relief, 17th century or later. The figure: 36cm (14 1/8in) high Bonhams. ASIAN ART. 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT... [Lire la suite]

An unusual creamy-white glazed soft paste ewer, 18th century. Estimate £500 - 800 (€670 - 1,100). Photo Bonhams. Modelled as a lady seated before a caparisoned stag, with two upright handles with twin apertures to its back, the figure clutching a floral bouquet, flanked by a recumbent crane and monkey dressed in a foliate apron, holding aloft a peach, wood cover. 14cm (5.1/2in) wide. (2). Bonhams. ASIAN ART. 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

A blanc-de-chine vase, 19th century. Estimate £1,000 - 1,500 (€1,300 - 2,000). Photo Bonhams. The pear-shaped vessel embellished with applied moulded dragons striding amongst scrolling clouds and flames, the mouth-rim with a ruyi head band, the interior with lamp fitting. 36.2cm (14 1/4in) high Bonhams. ASIAN ART. 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

A blanc-de-chine model of Doumu, 18th century. Estimate £500 - 1,000 (€670 - 1,300). Photo Bonhams. The Daoist goddess depicted seated in vajrasana with the primary hands in anjali mudra, the multi arms radiating about the body, holding various attributes, seated upon a raised lotus petal base. 24cm (9.1/2in) high. Note: For a similar figure see P.J. Donnelly, Blanc-de-Chine, Faber & Faber 1969, plate 99B. Bonhams. ASIAN ART. 25 Feb 2015 10:30 GMT - LONDON, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

Graff Sapphire and Diamond Beaded Tassel Secret Watch for Baselworld 2015.   The Gouache Rendering of the Graff Sapphire and Diamond Beaded Tassel Secret Watch. Baselworld will be held March 19 – 26 in Basel, Switzerland. (Source Jewelry News)

A blue and white tankard, Chongzhen period, circa 1643. Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The tankard is of elongated, tapering cylindrical form with an ear-form handle to one side. The exterior is decorated with a continuous scene of a scholar and an attendant in a landscape, all between an upper leafy scroll band and a lower lappet band. The flat base is unglazed. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high - Lot 3534 Provenance: Alfred E. Hippisley (1848-1939) Collection, according to... [Lire la suite]

A blue and white bowl, Wanli period (1573-1619).  Estimate $6,000 – $8,000. Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015 The deep bowl, with bracket-lobed rim, is decorated on the exterior with a wide band of galloping horses, above leafy floral sprays. The interior is decorated with a central medallion containing a small mountainous landscape scene beneath a band of flaming wheels and a landscape border beneath the rim. The base is inscribed with a square seal reading fu gua jia qi ('Beautiful vessel for the... [Lire la suite]