7 juillet 2016

Lot 12. A Gilt-bronze Mounted Tortoiseshell, Stained Horn and Brass Boulle Marquetry ebony Commode, Attributed to Nicholas Sageot,  circa 1715. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000 GBP. Lot sold 173,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's  in contre-partie inlaid with polychrome scrolling foliage, flowers and insects, the bowed rectangular top centred by Venus with attendants, above two short and three long drawers, the drop handles cast with bearded masks and cornucopiae, the escutcheons... [Lire la suite]

Lot 45. Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier (1827 - 1905, French), Chinoise (Bust of a Chinese Woman), bronze, gilt, silvered and black patina, and partially enamelled, 97cm., 38 1/8 in. overall. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Lot sold 245,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's Provenance: Most probably that recorded in a photograph in the 'JL Album', and subsequently photographed in Cordier's Paris studio, 1857, and in the Cordier salon, Nice, 1883 Literature: C. Cordier, Sculptures... [Lire la suite]

Greenwares from the Yue Kilns in Zhejiang Province High-fired green-glazed ceramics were first made in east China more than 3,000 years ago. The earliest pieces imitated the shapes and decoration of bronze ritual vessels. Later wares were made for daily use and for burial in tombs. Many burial wares were ceramic models that showed aspects of daily life, such as cooking stoves or domestic animals. From about AD 300 onwards, the Yue kilns began producing inkstones and waterdroppers for calligraphers. In the Tang dynasty (AD 618-906)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 37. Netherlandish or Italian, probably 17th century, Memento mori skull. Estimate £6,000 — 8,000. Price realised £7,500. Photo Sotheby's. inscribed: hodie / mihi/ cras / tibi, terracotta, 13.5 by 14 by 18cm., 5 4/8  by 5½ by 7 1/8 in. Sotheby's. Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art Including Splendours from a Mantuan Palazzo, London, 05 Jul 2016

Lot 38. Northern French or Southern Netherlandish, circa 1500-1525, Memento mori chapelet bead. Estimate £12,000 — 18,000. Price realised £31,250 . Photo Sotheby's. inscribed: ANSI SERONS NOVS WI OV DEMAIN, later mounted on a bamboo stick with gilt copper ferrule; ivory - ivory: 7.4cm., 3in., overall: 87cm., 34¼in. Sotheby's. Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art Including Splendours from a Mantuan Palazzo, London, 05 Jul 2016

Lot 95. Spanish, second half 17th-century, pendant in gold, set with emeralds and rubies, suspended from a later gold chain. Estimate £12,000 — 18,000. Price realised £27,500. Photo Sotheby's. pendant: 11.5cm., 4½in., 42.8cm., 16 7/8 in. overall. Provenance: Acquired by the present owner, circa 1963 Sotheby's. Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art Including Splendours from a Mantuan Palazzo, London, 05 Jul 2016

Lot 85. Southern Netherlandish, second half 17th century, Cameo with the wedding of Poseidon and Thetis, monogrammed: VH, probably aragonite, in a silver frame, 13.5 by 18cm., 5 3/8  by 7 1/8 in. Estimate £10,000 — 15,000. Price realised £36,250. Photo Sotheby's. Exhibited: Delft, Antiques Dealers' Fair, 1980;Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Experts' choice. 1000 years of the art trade, 23 April to 12 June 1983. Literature: J. Walker, Experts'... [Lire la suite]

Lot 63. Gertrud & Otto Natzler, Bottle, 1964. Midnight Sky dark blue crystalline glaze. Natzler inventory no. N299. Signed “Natzler” and retains inventory label “N299″; 8″ x 4″ diameter.Estimate: $4,000 – 6,000. Realized: $5,000. © LAMA Lot 65. Gertrud & Otto Natzler, Bowl, 1965. Earth Crater glaze. Natzler inventory no. N623. Signed “Natzler” and retains inventory label “N623″; 4″ x 8.625″ diameter. Estimate: $5,000 – 7,000 Realized: $9,375. © LAMA   Lot 66. Gertrud & Otto Natzler, Bowl, 1955. Pale... [Lire la suite]

Jean-Etienne Liotard's A Dutch Girl at Breakfast - One of the last and finest oil paintings by the artist remaining in a Private Collection –realised £4.41 million / $5.69 million / €5.16 million. Photo: Sotheby's.  LONDON.- Over the last two days, at Sotheby’s London, masterpieces from the past attracted collectors from around the world, with over 50 countries and 40% more people participating in our sales of Old Master paintings, sculpture, works of arts and drawings and the highly anticipated Treasures... [Lire la suite]