9 juillet 2017

Lot 94. Adler. Bague Fleur en double jonc ouvert d'or gris, le cœur ornée d'un beau rubis de taille coussin pesant 4,60 cts, les pétales pavés de rubis et de diamants, l'épaulement pavé de diamants. Estimation : 130 000 € / 150 000 €. Courtesy Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo Signée. TDD : 56, US : 7 3/4 (modifiable). Dimensions de la pierre : 10,92 x 9,72 x 4,52 mm. Poids : 24,5 g (18K - 750/1000).  A diamond, 'Pigeon blood' Burma ruby and 18K gold ring by Adler set with a cushion shaped ruby... [Lire la suite]

Lot 140. Spectaculaire collier draperie en platine et or jaune. Il est composé de deux, puis trois rangs de rubis ovales en chute ponctués d'agrafes serties de diamants ronds et baguette. Estimation : 250 000 € / 350 000 €. Courtesy Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo Exécution très souple. Poids total estimé des rubis : 100 carats environ. Fermoir invisible numéroté 502. Tour de cou : 42 cm environ. Poids : 113 g (18K - 750/1000 et platine - 950/1000) A diamond, platinum and 18K gold necklace set with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 81. Bague en or jaune, centrée d'un rubis ovale pesant 11 cts environ dans un entourage de diamants ronds, l'épaulement agrémenté de diamants de taille navette. Estimation : 350 000 € / 450 000 €. Courtesy Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo Dimensions de la pierre : 17,65 x 13,05 x 3,65 mm environ. TDD : 54, US : 6 3/4 (modifiable). Poids : 16,5 g (18K - 750/1000). A diamond and 18K gold ring set with an oval shaped ruby from Mogok (Burma) weighing approximately 11 cts. La pierre accompagnée d'un certificat... [Lire la suite]

Lot 144. Bague en platine et or jaune, sertie d'un rare rubis birman de taille coussin pesant 3,46 cts épaulé de deux diamants taillés en poire. Estimation : 400 000 € / 450 000 €. Courtesy Hotel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo Dimensions de la pierre : 11,06 x 8,60 x 4,03 mm. TDD : 51, US : 5 3/4 (modifiable). Poids : 4,2 g (18K - 750/1000 et platine - 950/1000). A diamond, platinum and 18K gold ring set with an exceptional cushion shaped ruby weighing 3,46 cts La pierre accompagnée d'un certificat S.S.E.F. attestant... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5032. An Iranian Lajvardina fritware tile with a hunting scene, 2nd half 13th century. H 19.4, W 19 cm. Estimated price €3.000 - €4.000. Result: €3.224. Courtesy Lempertz. Cobalt blue glaze, red and white overglaze decor, traces of gilding. Modelled tile with relief decor depicting a horseman amid foliate ornaments and birds in flight, presumably part of a fries. Restored and glued over breakages, the surface partially matte and with sintering. Provenance: Formerly the Kelekian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5027. An octagonal Iranian fritware bowl, 12th century. Diameter 18.1 cm. Estimated price €400 - €600. Result: €397. Courtesy Lempertz. Cobalt blue glaze with craquelure. A moulded vessel decorated with five panels showing two facing horsemen holding a ring alternating with sphinges. Restored and glued over breakages, a small breakage to the rim due to a weak older restoration. Literature: A similar example is kept in the Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, inv. no. I. 1600. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5026. A large Iranian fritware bowl, 12th - 13th century. H ca. 14, diameter 21.5 cm. Estimated price €400 - €600. Result: €1.116. Courtesy Lempertz. Cobalt blue glaze with dense craquelure. A deep, rounded bowl on a high footring. The exterior divided by ridges of braided ornament into five panels with incised decor. Restored over breakages, traces of sintering. Literature: Cf. Grube, Islamic Pottery of the Eighth to the Fifteenth Century in the Keir Collection, London 1976, p.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5023. An animal-headed fritware ewer, Iranian world, 12th - 13th century. H 25 cm. Estimated price €400 - €600. Result: €397. Courtesy Lempertz. Cobalt blue glaze with fine craquelure. Modelled and subsequently constructed vessel comprising a long neck with a (possibly not original) horned animal-head spout of bovine appearance and a handle with thumb-rest. The shoulders decorated with two striding felines and courtly scenes in medallions. The handle and neck presumably a subsequent... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5022. A narrow-necked Iranian fritware flask, 12th century. H 31 cm. Estimated price €1.500 - €2.000. Result: €2.976. Courtesy Lempertz. Cobalt blue glaze with fine craquelure. A modelled gourd-form bottle with a flared cup-mouth on a high footring. Relief inscription with blessings to the shoulder: "baraka [...] sa'ada wa-salama [...]" = "blessing [...] luck and salvation [...]". Restored over breakages, with additions. Literature: Cf. Morgan, in: Grube et alii, Cobalt and Lustre:... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5021. A small Iranian fritware ewer, Late 12th - early 13th century. H 13  cm. Estimated price €300 - €400. Result: €298. Courtesy Lempertz. Cobalt blue glaze. The body of bulbous, facetted form on a small footring. With a long, narrow spout; short neck with cup-mouth and slightly flared rim; rudimentary thumb-rest to the top of the handle. Restored over breakages. Literature: CWatson, Ceramics from Islamic lands, London-Kuwait 2004, p. 316, cat. L. 13.  ... [Lire la suite]