12 mars 2016

Luis Egidio Meléndez (Naples 1716–1780 Madrid), Still life with oysters, plate of eggs, garlic and receptacles, 1772. Oil on canvas, 40 x 65 cm. Signed in black on the edge of the table at the right 'LS EO MZ. D.O ANO 1772'. Colnaghi © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Private collection, Europe  Pedro de Mena (Granada 1628–1688 Málaga), Infant Jesus Christ. Polychrome wood and glass, 80 x 34 x 32.5 cm. Signed in black on the edge of the table at the right 'LS EO... [Lire la suite]

Albrecht Bouts (1450-Leuven-1549), Christ crowned with thorns, Circa 1495. Oil on panel, gold ground, 36 x 26 cm. Adam Williams Fine Art Ltd © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Otto O'Meara, Brussels; Sold from his collection, Brussels Galerie Giroux, 15 October 1928, lot 33; Acquired from the above sale by Baron Coppée; Thence by descent  Literature: M. Comblen-Sonkes, 'Albert Bouts', in Bulletin de l'Institut Royal du Patrimoine artistique, V, 1963, pp. 249–51; W.... [Lire la suite]

Abel Grimmer (1570-Antwerp-1619), The Tower of Babel, Antwerp, 1595. Oil on panel, 72 x 92 cm. Signed and dated Antwerp, 1595. Galerie Florence de Voldère © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Professor Fr. Wilhelm, Freiherr von Bissing, Munich (egyptologist) Literature: C. Kramm, 1857, I, p. 605; H. Nasse, 1912, p. 325, ill. pl. 37; A. Laes, 1938, p. 37; H. Minkowski, 1960, p. 61, no. 189;H. Minkowski, 1991, pp. 172, 187, no. 257, ill. p. 186; R. de Bertier de Sauvigny, Jacob et... [Lire la suite]

Lot 264, A 'Cizhou' black-glazed sgraffiato vase (meiping), Jin dynasty. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the ovoid body swelling broadly at the shoulder and set with two tab handles before the short straight neck and wide everted mouthrim, applied overall with a lustrous black-glaze transmuting to russet-colored striations, boldly cut through with a broad band of two blossoms borne on leafy stems enclosed within a triple and a single incised line border, the glaze stopping above the base... [Lire la suite]

Lot 265, A Cizhou-type brown-glazed painted teabowl, Jin dynasty. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's of conical form, the straight flaring sides terminating in a slightly everted rim, covered overall in a lustrous greenish-brown teadust glaze, the interior painted with an iron-oxide slip of a purplish-silver color depicting four feathery leaves, the footrim and base unglazed revealing the gray stoneware body. Diameter 5 1/8  in., 13.2 cm Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 262, A rare 'Jizhou' 'tortoiseshell'-glazed meiping, Song Dynasty. Estimate 120,000 — 150,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the slender ovoid body rising from a recessed base with a slanting foot ring, surmounted by a short neck and everted lipped rim, covered overall with a dark chocolate-brown glaze liberally applied with sandy-brown splashes in imitation of tortoiseshell, the base applied with a pale brown slip, Japanese wood box (3). Height 8 1/8  in., 20.7 cm Notes: Situated in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 260, A russet-splashed black-glazed 'partridge-feather' bowl, cover and tea bowl, Jin Dynasty. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the bowl of deep U-shaped form, supported on a slightly splayed foot, the exterior covered with a lustrous dark-brown glaze irregularly splashed in russet-brown similar to 'partridge-feather' mottles, stopping unevenly above the foot to expose the buff-fired ware, the domed cover surmounted by a stalk-shaped knob, similarly glazed, with a brown glaze applied... [Lire la suite]

Lot 259, A black-glazed russet-splashed vase, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the pear-shaped body rising from a flared foot to a slender neck and everted rim, the lustrous black glaze painted in rust-brown with a stylized floral bloom, the glaze stopping at the foot revealing the buff colored body. Height 11 1/8  in., 28.3 cm The dating of this lot is consistent with the C-Link Research and Development Ltd thermoluminescence test, report no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 258, A ribbed brown-glazed jar, Northern Song-Jin Dynasty. Estimate 15,000 — 25,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's the compressed globular body with short straight neck and wide mouth, set to the shoulders with four X-pattern slip-decorated strap handles, the sides applied in white slip with eight clusters of three vertical ribs under a rich brownish-black glaze stopping neatly above the short foot. Length 6 in., 15.2 cm Provenance: Collection of Carl Kempe, Sweden.J.J. Lally... [Lire la suite]

Lot 254, A rare 'marbled' 'lotus-bud' form waterpot, Northern Song Dynasty. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's well potted from marbled brown-and-white clays, with deep sides rising from a flat foot and countersunk base to an inverted rim, with a broad plain white band at the rim. Diameter 3 7/8  in., 9.8 cm Notes: The present vessel belongs to small group of wares produced by a number of northern kilns in Henan province, including the Kuangshan kilns of Jiaozuo and the... [Lire la suite]