2 juin 2015

A Meissen teapot and cover, circa 1722-23. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP (27,894 - 41,841 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. painted in the manner of Johann Gregorius Höroldt, with a large scene on each side, one with a figure on horseback surveying ships in a harbour, the other with a blacksmith at work before a large merchantman at anchor, within a quatrefoil cartouche filled with Böttger lustre picked out in gilding, embellished with iron-red scroll work, flanked by branches... [Lire la suite]

A Böttger porcelain Hausmaler coffee pot and cover, the porcelain circa 1713-15. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP (20,921 - 27,894 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. modelled by Johann Jacob Irminger, the baluster body applied at the base with acanthus leaves picked out in gilding, probably painted in Augsburg by Bartholomäus Seuter, with a bird in branches observing a spider hanging from its web surrounded by scattered insects, the reverse painted with a large spray of tied flowers and insects below... [Lire la suite]

A Böttger Meissen Hausmaler coffee pot and hinged cover, circa 1722, with contemporary German silver-gilt mounts, Elias Adam, Augsburg. Estimate 25,000 — 35,000 GBP (34,868 - 48,815 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. decorated in gilding in the Seuter workshop, Augsburg, with vignettes of chinoiserie figures resting on scrollwork supports with birds in flight above, the front of the coffee pot painted in enamels with the armorial of Prince Marc de Beauvau, Prinz... [Lire la suite]

A Meissen Hausmaler tankard, circa 1720-25, with German silver-gilt mounts, Johann Erhard Heuglin II, Augsburg, circa 1724-28. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP (20,921 - 27,894 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. decorated in gilding in the Seuter workshop, Augsburg, with a vignette of five chinoiserie figures supported on a bracket, flanked on either side by a smaller vignette of figures, with scrollwork borders at the rims and a dentil border to the interior, the mount with... [Lire la suite]

A Meissen Hausmaler coffee pot and hinged cover, circa 1725, with German silver-gilt mounts, probably Paul Solanier, Augsburg, circa 1721-27. Estimate 10,000 — 12,000 GBP (13,947 - 16,736 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. decorated in gilding in the Seuter-Workshop, Augsburg, with four vignettes of chinoiserie figures, the body of the coffee pot applied in high relief with two flowering branches of jasmine with perching birds and a single bird in flight, the cover with three... [Lire la suite]

An early Ming white-glazed dish, Xuande incised six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1426-1435). Estimate HK$900,000 – HK$1,800,000 ($120,000 - $230,000). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The dish has shallow, rounded sides that rise to a slightly everted rim and is covered inside and out with a glaze of milk-white tone. 5 1/2 in. (14.1 cm.) diam., box  Notes: The present dish belongs to a group of very rare small white-glazed Xuande-marked dishes ranging between 12-13.8 cm. in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3123. An early Ming white-glazed anhua-decorated bowl, Xuande six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1426-1435); 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 700,000 – HKD 900,000. Price realised HKD 1,180,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The bowl is potted with deep rounded sides. It is intricately incised to the exterior with two bands of lotus petals below a frieze of stylised waves around the mouth rim. The interior is decorated with a medallion... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3122. A fine large early Ming anhua-decorated white-glazed bowl, lianziwan, Yongle period (1403-1425); 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam. Estimate HK$3,000,000 – HK$5,000,000 ($390,000 - $650,000). Price realised HKD 4,840,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The bowl is finely potted with deep rounded sides, finely incised on the exterior with an unusually well defined band of lotus petals under a band of waves. The interior is decorated with a composite scroll bearing alternating... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3121. A very rare 'Number Six' Jun tripod narcissus bowl, Yuan-Ming dynasty, 14th century;8 3/4 in. (22 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 4,800,000 – HKD 5,500,000. Price realised HKD 6,280,000 © Christie's Image Ltd 2015 The sides of the shallow bowl are evenly moulded into six petal lobes rising up to an everted, conforming lobed mouth rim. It is resting on three crisply carved ruyi-shaped feet. The exterior and rim are covered with a thick glaze of milky-bluish-green tone on a strong... [Lire la suite]

Turquoise, tsavorite and diamond Farah Khan earrings in yellow gold from the new Le Jardin Exotique collection. A magnificent Farah Khan ruby cuff shaped like a dragon in yellow gold with emeralds and diamonds, from the new Le Jardin Exotique collection. A multi-finger kyanite, rubellite and diamond Farah Khan ring in yellow gold from the new Le Jardin Exotique summer jewellery collection. Farah Khan Le Jardin Exotique cabochon emerald, blue sapphire and diamond earrings in yellow gold. Parrot armlet in yellow gold with... [Lire la suite]