6 juillet 2017

Lot 1356. A rare white-glazed dish with incised anhua decoration, Incised Qianlong six-character mark and of the period (1735-1796). Diameter 34 cm. Estimated price €15.000 - €20.000. Result: €22.320. Photo Lempertz The broad shallow dish incised on the interior with a lotus bouquet surrounded by flowers and scrolls to the exterior and interior walls, covered with a greyish-white glaze. Provenance: Galerie Alex Finck, Brussels Collection Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) and Isabelle de... [Lire la suite]

Lot 80. Attributed to Benedetto Gennari II (Cento 1633-1715 Bologna), Mars, oil on canvas, 64.3 x 52.4cm (25 5/16 x 20 5/8in), unframed. Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 (€9,300 - 14,000). Sold for £149,000 (€169,293). Photo: Bonhams.  Provenance: In the collection of present owner's family since at least the end of the 19th century Bonhams. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS, 5 Jul 2017, 14:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET

Lot 1354. Two blanc de Chine cups, Dehua, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 3.8 cm. Estimated price €300 - €500. Result: €434. Photo Lempertz The conical shape moulded in relief with flowering branches. (2). Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels

Lot 1352. A blanc de Chine figure group, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 9.5 cm. Estimated price €700 - €900. Result: €992. Photo Lempertz Two seated scholars playing weiqi, watched by a standing figure, beneath overhanging pine branches in front of an openwork grotto with applied flowers. Remains of pigments Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels

Lot 1351. A pair of blanc de Chine Buddhist lion joss stick holders, Dehua, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 32 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €1.364. Photo Lempertz Each with bell and tassel around its neck and a ribbon in its mouth attached to a brocade ball under its forepaw, seated on a tall rectangular plinth, the tubular holder at its rear. Chip. (2) Literature: Compare a similar pair of male blanc de Chine lions in: P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London 1969, plate 93 (dated to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. Jan van Kessel the Elder (Antwerpt 1626 - 1679), Butterflies, moths, a dragonfly and other insects, with a spring of apple blossom, indistinctly inscribed by a later hand on the reverse: Monser fontenoy par.../P(?)apion..fich...., oil on copper, 14 x 19.4 cm.; 5 1/2  x 7 5/8  in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Lot sold 272,750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Private collection, France, since the 18th century; With Johnny van Haeften, London; From whom... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. Jan van Kessel the Elder (Antwerpt 1626 - 1679), Butterflies, a moth, ladybird and other insects with a sprig of auricula, oil on copper, 13.7 x 19 cm.; 5 5/8  x 7 1/2  in. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Lot sold 296,750 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: Private collection, France, since the 18th century; With Johnny van Haeften, London; From whom acquired by the present owner in March 2003. Literature: K. Ertz and C. Nitze-Ertz, Die Maler Jan van... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1347. A gu-shaped Yixing vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722).Height 28.5 cm. Estimated price €5.000 - €6.000. Result: €5.580. Photo Lempertz Decorated in relief with six panels depicting pine, prunus, magnolia, lotus, bamboo and hibiscus?, a border of stylised cicadas around the foot and shoulder. Provenance: Private collection, The Netherlands Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels

Lot 1344. A green, yellow and brown-glazed "Tradescant" storage jar, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), around 1600. Height 32.5 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €992. Photo Lempertz With five loop handles to the shoulder and with an applied decoration of four large lotus flowers and scrolls to the body and a frieze of leaves in relief above the foot. Chips. Literature: Compare an identical jar in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Similar jars are illustrated in: W. B. Honey, Ceramic Art of China and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1342. Water dropper in the form of the immortal Liu Hai, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Height 14.5 cm. Estimated price €1.000 - €1.500. Result: €992. Photo Lempertz Email sur biscuit. The immortal riding on the mythical three-legged toad. Covered with a blue and pale green glaze and painted iron-oxide, the head and hands unglazed. Literature: Compare a similar piece in: John Ayers, La collection de porcelaines chinoises de Marie Vergottis, Lausanne 2004, p. 98-99 Lempertz. Asian Art II China,... [Lire la suite]