12 septembre 2016

Willem van Aelst (1627 Utrecht / Delft - 1683 Amsterdam), Still life of fruit. Oil on canvas. Relined. 47 x 38 cm. Estimate: € 70,000 to 100,000. Photo Hampel. Depiction of green and slightly red grapes, one peach and a slightly open walnut laid on a marble top, with a vine climbing up behind it against a black background. Apart from its aesthetic effect, the composition can thus be interpreted as symbols of vanitas as what customary at the time: the slightly opened nutshell alongwith the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 847. Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626 Antwerp - 1679),  Allegory of the Night, ca. 1660. Oil on copper laid on panel, 17.4 x 23.1 cm. Signed lower left. Estimate: € 70,000 to 100,000. Photo Hampel Several different nocturnal animals have gathered on a verdant promontory set against a sky at twilight. At center, slightly to the left, lies a bat protecting her silent hairless young, Which are on top of her wings. On the left-hand edge a cat hisses at another cat did... [Lire la suite]

Lot 846. Augsburg School, second half 15th century, Saint Christopher. Oil on panel, 93 x 84 cm. Estimate: € 100,000 to 200,000. Photo Hampel.  So painted on the reverse and with remains of reliefs removed. Museum quality, almost square wing of an altar. Large format, full figure depiction of Saint Christopher did is almost taking up the Entire surface of the panel. The saint is striding over a river using a mighty tree trunk as a stick and with Whose assistance... [Lire la suite]

Lot 252. Large, impressive ivory tankard and cover with silver mounts, Probably Southern France, about 1720. Estimate: € 18000-20000. Photo Hampel. Ivory carved in high relief. Wrought copper insert, applies interior. Silver feet and cover mounts. Unidentified hallmarks: "L." in transverse rhombus flanked by two oval hallmarks in the shape of pinecones and assay scrape underneath. Two vertical, lancet-shaped silver buckles on Either Side, one engraved: "Sans pain, sans vin; l'amour... [Lire la suite]

Lot 221. Large magnificent ivory tankard, Germany, about 1760. Estimate: € 36000-42000. Photo Hampel Figure on lid ca. 1900. Vessel, handle and figure on cover in ivory with parcel-true silver mounts. The vessel is carved in the round in bas and high relief showing a battle of Roman legion aries against the barbarians. Seated above the battle scene on a chariot is a Roman Emperor in scale armor with a radiant crown and scepter. A fierce battle is Depicted around him. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 309. Two 'Dehua' rhinoceros horn-form cups, Late Ming Dynasty. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000. Photo: Sotheby's. each molded to resemble the tapering form of a rhinoceros horn libation cup, an inebriated scholar molded to one side and the reverse with figures playing chess amidst rocks and foliage, stands (4). Width of larger 5 in., 12.7 cm  Provenance: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20th February 1975, lot 214. Exhibition: The larger example: Blanc de Chine: Divine Images in Porcelain,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 312. A 'Dehua' 'lychee' box and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Estimate 5,000 — 7,000. Photo: Sotheby's. modeled in the form of three conjoined ripe fruits, evenly arranged and centered by a knop in the form of a curling leafy stem, the stippled skin and foliage finely articulated (2). Width 4 3/4  in., 12.1 cm.  Provenance: Collection of Winston Frederick Churchill Guest.Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 2nd December 1967, lot 31. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 242. A celadon jade 'qin' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000. Photo: Sotheby's. carved with the mouth of the bottle at the top of the qin in the area known as the 'phoenix tongue', the body of the instrument wrapped with a piece of brocade and fastened with a toggle, the stone with enhanced russet coloration, stopper (2). Height 4 3/8  in., 11 cm.  Property from the collection of Robert and Maurine Muntz Provenance: Robert Hall, London,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 235. A carved amethyst 'cicada' snuff bottle, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000. Photo: Sotheby's. well hollowed, of archaistic form, the carapace and folded wings finely incised, the underside with legs tucked under the thorax and the abdomen carved with notched ridges, the mouth open below bulging eyes, stopper (2). Length 2 1/2  in., 6.5 cm.  Property from the collection of Robert and Maurine Muntz Provenance: Hugh Moss, London,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 355. A yellow amber finger citron, Qing dynasty. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000. Photo: Sotheby's. naturalistically rendered issuing from a gnarled leafy branch, the body formed with rounded undulating 'fingers' evoking the Buddha's hand, the lustrously polished amber mottled with cloudy white inclusions and some russet coloration. Height 4 in., 10.3 cm.  Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 13 sept. 2016, 10:30 AM