10 décembre 2016

Cuprite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia © Keys Mineral Collection.

Vanadinite, Pure Potential Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA

Quartz cluster with Augelite crystals, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Sanchez Carrion, La Libertad, Peru

Fluorite from Denton Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, USA. 

Lot 118. Dutch School, 17th century, Portrait of a moor, half-length, smoking a churchwarden pipe, with his left arm akimbo, oil on canvas, 27 7/8 x 22 ½ in. (76 x 57.4 cm.). Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 30,000 (USD 25,280 - USD 37,920). Price Realised GBP 56,250 (USD 70,650). © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Note: In the Dutch Golden Age, at a time when trade in the Dutch Republic and its outposts was flourishing, portraits of Moors and African figures were scarce. When they did feature in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 122. Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam), Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a black velvet cloak and white lace collar and cuffs, oil on canvas, 39 ¾ x 29 ¼ in. (101 x 74.3 cm). Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000 (USD 18,960 - USD 25,280). Price Realised GBP 137,000 (USD 172,072). © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Provenance: (Probably) Acquired by Sir Richard Neave, 1st Bt. (1731-1814), or his son, Sir Thomas Neave, 2nd Bt. (1761-1848), Dagnam... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. Christiaen Jansz. Striep ('s-Hertogenbosch c. 1633-1673 Amsterdam), A roemer and other glassware, with fruit in Wan-li and pewter dishes, on a partially draped table, oil on canvas, 17 ¼ x 13 7/8 in. (43.8 x 35.4 cm). Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000 (USD 12,640 - USD 18,960). Price Realised GBP 20,000 (USD 25,120). © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Provenance: Martin Aufhäuser (1875-1944), Munich, Confiscated from the above, 18 November... [Lire la suite]

Lot 117. Ambrosius Bosschaert II (Arnemuiden 1609-1645 Utrecht), Fruit in a Wan-li kraak dish and shells on a ledge with a lizard, oil on panel, 15 x 18 ¼ in. (38.2 x 46.2 cm). Estimate GBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000 (USD 88,480 - USD 126,400). Price Realised GBP 87,500 (USD 109,900). © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 July 1989, lot 36, as 'Bartolomeus Assteyn' (£88,000).Anonymous sale [The Property of a Private Collector];... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. Corneille de La Haye, called Corneille de Lyon (The Hague 1500/10-1575 Lyon), Portrait of a merchant, traditionally identified as Theodore Beza (1519-1605), oil on panel, 6 7/8 x 6 ¼ in. (17.4 x 15.7 cm). Estimate GBP 300,000 - GBP 400,000 (USD 380,400 - USD 507,200). Price Realised GBP 665,000 (USD 840,560). © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Provenance: Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), Fonthill House, Tisbury, Wiltshire, and by descent to the present owner. Property of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. François Clouet (?Tours c. 1516-1572 Paris), Portrait of King Charles IX of France (1550-1574), dated '1561' (upper right), oil on panel, 12 5/8 x 9 in. (33.8 x 22.8 cm.). Estimate GBP 400,000 - GBP 600,000 (USD 505,200 - USD 757,800). Price Realised GBP 749,000 (USD 946,736). © Christie's Images Ltd 2016. Provenance: (Probably) John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, and by descent to his son,George Rushout-Bowles, 3rd... [Lire la suite]