18 mars 2016

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux), Portrait of Don Pedro Gil de Tejada. Oil on canvas, 112 x 84 cm. Stair Sainty Gallery © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Pedro de Alcántara Tellez-Girón y Pacheco, IX Duque de Osuna (d. 1807); Francisco de Borja Tellez-Girón y Pimentel, X Duque de Osuna (1820); Pedro de Alcántara Telelz-Girón y Beaufort-Spontin, XI Duque de Osuna, XIV Duque de Infantado, XVI Marques de Santillana, Conde de Ampudia (1844); Mariano Tellez-Girón y... [Lire la suite]

Giovanni Battista Discepoli (Lugano 1590-1654 Milano), Saint George and the dragon, circa 1630. Oil on octagonal slate, 25 x 21.3 cm. Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Private collection  Bartolomeo Schedoni (1578-1615), The Holy family and an angel, circa 1612. Oil on canvas, 94 x 78 cm. Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings © TEFAF Maastricht, 2016 Provenance: Private collection Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings (stand 383) at... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1434, A 'Longquan' celadon garden seat, Late Ming dynasty. Estimate USD 7,000 ~ 9,000. Photo Sotheby's of barrel form, carved around the body with leafy scrolling chrysanthemum above a band of upright petals encircling the foot, the shoulder and top with leafy peony sprays, covered overall with a lustrous olive-green glaze. Height 15 3/8  in., 39.2 cm Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 1433, A 'Longquan' celadon barbed-rim 'floral' dish, Ming dynasty. Estimate USD 5,000 ~ 7,000. Photo Sotheby's stoutly potted, the fluted sides rising to a flat bracket-lobed rim, the interior impressed with a leafy blossom surrounded by freely incised lotus scroll, the lustrous green glaze thinning at the edges, the unglazed circle on the base burnt orange. Diameter 13 in., 33 cm Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 1432, A 'Longquan' celadon barbed-rim 'chrysanthemum' dish, Yuan-Early Ming dynasty. Estimate USD 3,000 ~ 5,000. Photo Sotheby's stoutly potted, the fluted sides rising to a flat bracket-lobed rim, the interior impressed with a leafy chrysanthemum sprig surrounded by freely incised lotus scroll, the sea-green glaze thinning at the edges, the unglazed circle on the base burnt orange. Diameter 10 1/4  in., 26 cm Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie C.C.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1430, Three Qingbai ware, Song Dynasty. Estimate USD 4,500 ~ 6,500. Photo Sotheby's  the first a bowl with abstract combed and incised decoration on the interior;  the second a lobed dish with a central combed peony blossom filling the well; and the third a bowl with freely combed wavy lines in the interior; each covered with pale bluish-green glaze (3). Diameter of largest 6 7/8  in., 20 cm Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 1429, A 'Jun' dish, Song Dynasty. Estimate USD 4,000 ~ 6,000. Photo Sotheby's the shallow rounded sides rising from a slightly recessed base to a lipped rim, covered overall in a thick lavender-blue glaze thinning at the rim to a mushroom color, supported on an unglazed neatly pared foot ring. Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm Provenance: San Francisco Private Collection.G.T. Marsh & Co., Monterey, California, acquired in the 1970s.  Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1428, A Yue-type fragment, 10th - 12th century. Estimate USD 800 ~ 1,000. Photo Sotheby's shaped into the form of a leaf supported on two feet, finely incised on the top with meandering leafy foliate scrolls, covered with a thin layer of translucent pale olive-green glaze, suffused with a fine network of stained crackles, the base with long curving spur marks encircling a shang character. Length 4 5/8  in., 11.8 cm Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1427, A 'Henan' splashed black-glazed bowl, Jin dynasty. Estimate USD 1,000 ~ 1,500. Photo Sotheby's of conical shape with a galleried rim, the black glaze thinning to brown on the exterior, the interior accented with brown splashes. Diameter 6 5/8  in., 16.7 cm Property of Norton & Laine Katz, Washington, D.C. Provenance: R & G Mcpherson Antiques, London, 6th November 2004. Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016, 10:00 AM

Lot 1426, A pair of Qingbai 'floral' bowls, Song dynasty. Estimate USD 1,500 ~ 2,000. Photo Sotheby's each with rounded sides rising from a short foot to a gently flared rim, carved and incised to the interior with floral designs, applied overall with a vitreous pale bluish glaze stopping at the foot (2). Diameter 7 1/2  in., 19 cm Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 6th November 1981, lot 211. Sotheby’s. Saturday at Sotheby’s: Asian Art New York, 19 mars 2016, 10:00 AM