10 décembre 2015

Lot 580. A very rare pair of green-glazed incised porcelain bowls, China, underglaze blue Jiaqing seal marks and period. Estimate 30.000/50.000 €. Lot sold 45.000 €. © 2015 Nagel Auctions the deep, rounded sides incised with four stylized flowerheads separated by cloud scrolls and set between a band of petal lappets below and a double line border above, the center of the interior with a similar flowerhead within a double circle, all beneath a glaze of intense green color, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. Willem Claesz. Heda (Haarlem circa 1596 - 1680), A still life with a gilt cup, a silver tazza, glasses and pewter plates with a pie, peeled lemon and nuts, all upon a draped table, signed and dated centre right on the blade of the knife: HEDA 1638, oil on oak panel, 74 by 86 cm.; 29 by 33 7/8  in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Lot Sold 317,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Private Collection, Lisbon;With Rafael Valls, London, 2008;From whom acquired by the present... [Lire la suite]

Lot 579. A fine pair of Imperial yellow-glazed porcelain bowls, China, underglaze blue Kangxi six-character marks and period. Estimate 15.000/20.000 €. Unsold €. © 2015 Nagel Auctions Of deep rounded sides rising from a slightly tapering foot, covered inside and out in a rich and lustrous egg-yolk yellow glaze, the base with an underglaze-blue Imperial kaishu mark within double circles - D. 12 cm Property from an old Bavarian private collection, bought in Munich in the 1970's Notes: Yellow glaze of such... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 578. A rare turquoise-enamelled chrysanthemum dish, China, underglaze blue Yongzheng six-character mark and period. Estimate 9.000/12.000 €. Unsold €. © 2015 Nagel Auctions Evenly potted with narrow fluted sides resembling the petals of a chrysanthemum flower, radiating around a slightly recessed centre and continuing on the exterior across the short straight foot, richly applied overall with an opaque turquoise enamel, the base and the interior of the foot similarly dressed in turquoise, save... [Lire la suite]

Lot 576. A fine and rare café-au-lait imperial saucer, China, underglaze blue Qianlong six-character seal mark and period. Estimate 30000/50000 €. Lot sold 50.000 €. © 2015 Nagel Auctions of shallow form with rounded sides issuing from a slightly tapering foot, coated on the outside and the interior in a very pale brown glaze, leaving the base white, inscribed with the six-character seal mark - D. 13,4 cm - Very minor traces of use, good condition Notes: Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong April 7th, 2011, Lot 22... [Lire la suite]

John Constable, The Lock, Oil on canvas, 139.7 by 122 cm.; 55 by 48 in. (est. £8-12 million), sold for £22.6 million / €31.2 million / $34 Million. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Tonight, The Lock, one of John Constable’s most famous compositions sold for £9,109,000 / €12,562,266 / $13,699,025 at Sotheby’s London, 160 years after its last appearance on the market. The monumental landscape depicting the countryside of the painter’s “careless boyhood” was the highlight of the Old Master & British Paintings... [Lire la suite]

Suleiman the Magnificent, considered by historians as the greatest Ottoman ruler, died in 1566. BUDAPEST (AFP).- The long-lost tomb thought to contain the heart of Ottoman Empire sultan Suleiman the Magnificent has "almost certainly" been discovered in Hungary, a researcher told AFP Wednesday after a presentation of the excavation findings. The sultan, considered by historians as the greatest Ottoman ruler, died in 1566 as his army laid siege to a castle defended by Hungarian forces at Szigetvar, 190... [Lire la suite]