28 septembre 2015

Satyr-shaped paper knife with natural pearl, ca. 1900. . Estimate : 30 000 € / 50 000 €. Lot sold 24.000 €. Photo Hampel. Length: ca. 25 cm. Weight: 155.1 g. Silver and rose gold.  Accompanied by a report from SSEF no. 77319 dated October 2014.  HAMPEL FINE ART AUCTIONS, MUNICH, ALLEMAGNE. Vente de Luxe, le 25 Septembre 2015

Diamond and natural pearl pendant earrings, ca. 1920. . Estimate : 50 000 € / 70 000 €. Lot sold 60.000 €. Photo Hampel. Length: ca. 6.5 cm. Weight: ca. 15.5 g. Platinum. Unsigned, probably Bulgari. In original Bulgari case.  Accompanied by a report from DSEF no. 024485 dated 1 June 2015.   Elegant, fine pendant earrings with old- and octagon-cut diamonds, altogether ca. 2.2 ct, and two pierced, yellowish, grey-white, drop-shaped saltwater pearls, ca. 10.95-11.20 x 12.00 mm and ca.... [Lire la suite]

Emerald and diamond necklace, ca. 1910. Estimate : 50 000 € / 60 000 €. Unsold. Photo Hampel Necklace length: ca. 41.5 cm. Central pendant length: ca. 3.5 cm. Weight: ca. 69.6 g. Yellow gold and 18 ct white gold.  Fine, antique necklace with floral features with 13 blossom-shaped pendants studded with old-cut diamonds, altogether ca. 19 ct, and emerald pampels, altogether ca. 60 ct. Pampels partly with blemishes. Closure with figure eight safety clasp. HAMPEL FINE ART AUCTIONS, MUNICH,... [Lire la suite]

22.975 ct Columbian Emerald and diamond necklace by Verdura. Estimate : 35 000 € / 45 000 €. Lot sold 85.000 €. Photo Hampel. Necklace length: ca. 39 cm. Weight: ca. 62 g. Platinum and 18 ct yellow gold. Necklace signed “VERDURA”, pendant signed “B.S.&F”. Accompanied by a report from SSEF no. 77264 dated October 2014. Premium, elegant necklace in rope chain look with fine brilliant-cut diamonds and baguette-cut diamonds, altogether ca. 13.5 ct, and a magnificent, older pendant with vividly... [Lire la suite]

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Self portrait(?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre. Etching, 1634. Estimate 7,000 — 9,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. a fair impression of the third (final) state, after the plate had been reduced to an oval, the upper half of the oval emphasized with printing ink; sheet: 130 by 108mm 5 1/8 by 4 1/4 in Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Self portrait with Saskia. Etching, 1636. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the... [Lire la suite]

John Constable (1776-1837), The Lock, oil on canvas, 55 x 48 inches, £8-12m. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- On 9th December this year, Sotheby’s London will offer for sale John Constable's The Lock - one of the small group of monumental landscapes, known as the 'Six Footers', which for many define the pinnacle of the artist's career. Depicting a bucolic scene on the River Stour in the artist’s native Suffolk, and painted in response to the huge critical acclaim that greeted Constable's first treatment of the composition... [Lire la suite]

ONDON.- Ever the great innovator, Rembrandt had a distinctly tactile approach to printmaking. Four landscapes which retain the presence of Rembrandt’s hand on the printing plate, from lusciously inked tree-hollows to expansive, lightly misted skies, will be offered at Sotheby’s in London on 29 September 2015, in the company’s biannual Prints & Multiples sale. From the collection of Bernard Palitz, the distinguished provenances of these enduring records of the Dutch countryside include other notable... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3611. An extremely fine and rare famille-rose 'Peach' bowl, Mark and period of Yongzheng. Estimate 40,000,000 — 60,000,000 HKD (4,668,766 - 7,003,149 EUR). Unsold. Photo Sotheby's. exquisitely potted with deep rounded sides resting on a short foot, superbly enamelled in vivid tones of rose-pink, shades of green, yellow, iron-red, brown and black with two varieties of flowering and fruiting peach branches issuing from the foot and extending across the exterior and over the rim... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3610. A fine and magnificent famille-rose 'Peach' vase, tianqiuping, Seal mark and period of Qianlong (1736-1795); 54.7 cm., 21 1/2  in.. Estimate 60,000,000 — 80,000,000 HKD (7,003,149 - 9,337,533 EUR). Lot sold 63,480,000  (7,297,403 EUR). Photo Sotheby's. powerfully constructed with a globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck flaring slightly at the rim, masterfully painted with an asymmetric design of two peach branches growing halfway around the... [Lire la suite]