18 août 2016

Lot 829. Painter of the 17th century, Vanitas Still Life. Oil on canvas. 48 x 65 cm. Photo Hampel. The sujet typical objects like skulls, broken glass, extinguished candles and hourglass to an open book in multiples, against black background. The illumination from the top left, the painting style with a strong reminiscence of Spanish painting of the 17th century. Estimate: € 6200-6500 Hampel, June 30, 2016 

Lot 233. A transparent blue snowflake glass snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's of flattened ovoid form, carved on each side with a pair of confronted chilong enclosing a central shoumedallion, stopper, wood stand (3). Height 2 5/8  in., 6.6 cm Provenance: Y. F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1978. Property from the collection of Robert and Maurine Muntz Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 768. Attributed to Luca Carlevarijs (1663 Udine - 1729 Venice), St Mark's square, Venice. Oil on canvas. 76 x 121 cm. Photo Hampel. Large format Vedute with the Bibliotheca di San Marco to the right of the Campanile, which appears cut on the right side, including stalls. In the center overlooking the Grand Canal with the two pillars of Saint George and Markus and the corner of the Ducal Palace left. In the square multi-figure Staffage with a larger crowd of people below the Mark... [Lire la suite]

Lot 833. Attributed to Luca Carlevarijs (1663 Udine - 1729 Venice), Bull fight in Venice on the campo Santa Maria Formosa. Oil on canvas, 19.5 x 30 cm. Photo Hampel View of the square from the east side to the west with the left-wing facade erected by Mauro Codussi Renaissance church with the Campanile. The space filled by a crowd that is watching a bullfight. Left picture an artificially erected high wooden grandstand, in front of bullfighters who fight two bulls, the animals led to long lines. It is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 228. A white overlay sapphire-blue glass 'Antiques' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's finely carved through the opaque white glass to the transparent blue glass ground to depict a selection of antiques, including a ruyi scepter, teapot and qin, stopper (2). Height 2 1/2  in., 5.8 cm Provenance: The Ko Family Collection. Christie's London, 9th October 1974, lot 65. Property from the collection of Robert and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 225. A transparent yellow glass 'chilong and bat' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's of flattened quatrefoil outline, each side carved in low relief with a writhing chilong and bat, stopper, wood stand (3). Height 2 3/8  in., 6 cm Provenance: Y. F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1978. Property from the collection of Robert and Maurine Muntz Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM

Lot 770. Attributed to Joannes Baers (before 1600 - after 1641), Flower still life with painted alcove. Oil on copper. 51 x 41 cm. Photo Hampel. Monogram lower left. Restored. Estimate: € 25000-35000 The floral arrangement with feathered tulips, roses, irises and intervening plugged gooseberries, blackberries and raspberries in a Delft jug with blue painting, set in a semicircular niche. The central motif surrounded by butterflies, Eideckse, dragonfly and a frog, which fixes the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 767. Jan van Kessel (1626-1679), Exotic birds in far eastern landscape. Oil on copper 17.6 x 24 cm. Photo Hampel. Verso round rubber customs stamp with old ink numbering "6". Estimate: € 30000-40000 Accompanied by an expert's report by Dr Klaus Ertz , dated February, 2015. Hampel, June 30, 2016

Lot 226. A sapphire-blue overlay white glass ‘Peony and Butterflies’ snuff bottle, Qianlong mark and period. Estimate 8,000 — 12,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's of baluster form, carved through the blue layer to the opaque milky-white ground with a continuous scene of butterflies hovering around large peony blossoms borne on branches growing from behind a rock, the base incised with four-character wheel-cut mark, stopper (2). Height 2 1/8  in., 5.5 cm Provenance: Eugene... [Lire la suite]

Lot 224. A four-color overlay clear glass 'Three Abundances' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th-early 19th century. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's the ovoid body raised on a hexagonal foot, carved through the transparent red, green, sapphire-blue and amber-yellow layers to the cloudy semi-transparent ground with the three abundances, sanduo, pomegranate, peach and finger citron, all growing from a hexagonal planter, stopper (2). Height 2 1/4  in., 5.7 cm ... [Lire la suite]