22 avril 2016

Lot 159. Grand gobelet en argent et vermeil, probablement Schaffouse, vers 1580, orfèvre HG. Estimation 6,000 — 8,000 €. Photo Sotheby's.  reposant sur un piédouche, le col doré gravé d'une frise de rinceaux, de deux têtes d'homme chacune dans un médaillon et de la date 1582 gravée sur un panneau accroché à un tronc. Haut. 9,4 cm, 164 g Provenance: Galerie Payer, Zürich, 2002Collection privée européenne A SWISS LARGE PARCEL-GILT SILVER BEAKER, PROBABLY SCHAFFAUSEN, CIRCA 1580,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 227. Rare calice en argent partiellement doré et émaillé, probablement Saumur, vers 1550, peut-être par Mathurin Dupont. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 €. Photo Sotheby's.  le pied bordé de huit lobes, l'un gravé d'une croix érigée dans un paysage rocheux, le noeud en vermeil orné de huit médaillons ronds émaillés de fleurs, gravé sous le pied P Jouzeau, la coupe martelée à bord en vermeil; Haut. 18,7 cm, 293,7 g ; 7 1/4 in high, 9oz 8dwt A FRENCH RARE PARCEL-GILT SILVER CHALICE,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 150. Timbale en argent et vermeil, Lübeck, vers 1550, orfèvre un coeur. Estimation 15,000 — 20,000 €. Photo Sotheby's. Reposant sur trois pieds en forme de bustes de femmes portant hennin, gravée  PAPS sur le corps. Haut.13 cm, 184 g A GERMAN BEAKER, LÜBECK, CIRCA 1550, MAKER'S MARK A HEART. On three female bust wearing hennin, engraved PS on the body Provenance: Michael Wellby, 1980Collection privée européenne  Littérature: Un bol avec le même poinçon... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A prince visits a sufi shaykh at dawn. The painting possibly attributable to Bichitr, Mughal India, mid 17th century, the calligraphy signed 'Imad Al-Hassani, Safavid Iran, late 16th-early 17th century, the borders signed Muhammad Hadi, Iran, dated AH 1171/1757-58 AD. Estimate £80,000 - £120,000 ($113,760 - $170,640). Price Realized £134,500 ($191,259). Photo Christie's Image 2016 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a Prince and his attendant pay respects to a Sufi Shaykh and his novice at... [Lire la suite]

Lot 101. King Jamshid writes on a rock. The painting, Safavid Isfahan, circa 1600, the calligraphy by 'Ali Al-Husayni Al-Katib, Timurid Herat, circa 1526. Estimate £120,000 - £180,000 ($170,640 - $255,960). Price Realized £146,500 ($208,323). Photo Christie's Image 2016 An illustration from the Bustan of Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, King Jamshid, pen in hand, inscribes a text on a rock, attendants look on, one holds a sheath of arrows, sitting before two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 100. The impoverished dervish of Faryab crosses the river on his prayer mat. The painting, Safavid Isfahan, circa 1600, the calligraphy by 'Ali Al-Husayni Al-Katib, Timurid Herat, circa 1526. Estimate £150,000 - £200,000 ($213,300 - $284,400). Price Realized £386,500 ($549,603). Photo Christie's Image 2016 An illustration from the Bustan of Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the dervish Faryab kneels on a flat-woven prayer rug that floats on a silver river,... [Lire la suite]

Damiani brooch. Photo almakarinastudio Dior ring, Chopard earrings. Photo almakarinastudio Damiani brooch. Photo almakarinastudio

Lot 20. A fine gilt-bronze vase in gu form, China, 17th century. Estimate 5 000/8 000 €. Photo Nagel meticulously cast around the cylindrical body and the splayed base with formalized taotie masks separated by vertical flanges, the tall trumpet neck with upright blade-shaped lappets containing a deconstructed taotie mask and cicada issuing from a band of kuilong, all reserved on a finely detailed diaper ground. H. 25,3 cm. Minor wear Modelled after archaic bronze ritual wine containers known as gu, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A gilt-copper ewer and cover with immortals and engraved flower bands, China, 17th century. Estimate 1 800/2 500 €. Photo Nagel wear to gilding, the finial of the cover in shape of a Buddhist lion dented and with small repair. H. 28,3 cm.  Nagel Auctions. "Asiatische Kunst", Sale 736, 06.05.2016

Lot 5. A fine gilt-lacquered bronze figure of Vajrapani, Tibeto-Chinese, 15th century. Estimate 6 000/10 000 €. Photo Nagel standing in alidhasana on a separate cast lotus base, his right hand brandishing the vajra while the left shows tarjanimudra, wearing skirt, scarf floating around his shoulders with its streamers encircling the arms and its ends partly curling up, bejewelled, his face displaying a wrathful expression with protruding eyes below bushy eyebrows, beard and his hair combed in a chignon secured with a... [Lire la suite]