29 juillet 2017

Lot 149. Edwaert Collier (Breda c. 1640-1708 London), A globe, a casket of jewels and medallions, books, a hurdy-gurdy, a bagpipe, a lute, a violin, an upturned silver tazza and roemer, a nautilus shell, a recorder, a shawm, a print with a self-portrait of the artist and a musical score on a draped table, a curtain above, signed and dated '1662 / EDVWAERDVS. / KOLLIER' (on the print, lower right), oil on canvas, 65 3/8 x 54 in. (166.1 x 137.2 cm.). Estimate GBP 80,000 - GBP... [Lire la suite]

Edward Collier (active 1662–1708), Still Life with a Volume of Wither’s ‘Emblemes’, 1696. Oil paint on canvas, 838 x 1079 mm, Tate. Purchased 1949, N05916 © Tate In this still-life painting the musical instruments, wine and jewels represent the fleeting pleasures of life, while the skull and hour-glass symbolise the inevitability of death. The open book shows a brief poem emphasising the theme of mortality. The Latin inscription in the top left corner comes from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes: ‘Vanity of vanities, all is... [Lire la suite]

Edward Collier (active 1662–1708), Still Life, 1699. Oil paint on canvas, 762 x 635 mm, Tate. Purchased 1948, N05856 © Tate Still-life painting never became as common in Britain as it was on the Continent. The examples that were bought in Britain in the seventeenth century, particularly by the middle classes, were generally supplied from the Netherlands, where such works were extremely popular. The objects depicted here are of high status and would have been owned by the educated and wealthy. Collier was a Dutch artist who... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. Edwaert Collier (Breda 1642 - 1708 London(?), Vanitas still life with a candlestick, musical instruments, dutch books, a writing set, an astrological and a terrestial globe and an hourglass, all on a draped table, signed and dated lower center:  Edwaerdt/Collier/1662, oil on canvas, 38 1/2  by 51 1/8  in.; 98 by 129.7 cm. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 USD. Lot sold 506,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Count Edward Raczynski, Warsaw and London;Mr. and Mrs.... [Lire la suite]

Mirror, 918-1392, Korea, Goryeo period (936-1392), bronze, Overall: 15.6 x 9.6 x 7.8 cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.). Gift of D. Z. Norton, 1917.679 © The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Mirror, 918-1392, Korea, Goryeo period (936-1392), bronze, Diameter: w. 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.658 © The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Mirror, 918-1392, Korea, Goryeo period (936-1392), bronze, Diameter: w. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.). Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.659 © The Cleveland Museum of Art. 

Mirror, 918-1392, Korea, Goryeo period (936-1392), bronze, Diameter: w. 13.4 cm (5 1/4 in.). Gift of John L. Severance, 1921.660 © The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Mirror, 918-1392, Korea, Goryeo period (936-1392), bronze, Diameter: w. 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.). Gift of N. M. Heeramaneck, 1932.12 © The Cleveland Museum of Art.

A  gold and silver snake ring, Late Hellensitic, 1st century BC. © Symbolic & Chase Designed as a spiralling snake body, embellished with a looping tail flourish and realistically carved head accented with silver eyes. £23,000. Please enquire here. Provenance: French private collection, acquired circa 1970.