11 novembre 2017

Lot 484. Louyse Moillon (Paris, 1610 - 1696), La marchande de fruits. Huile sur toile, 112 x 134 cm. Estimation 100 000 - 150 000 €. Courtesy Artcurial Provenance : Collection particulière, Louveciennes, de 1880 à 1984 ; Commerce d'art parisien jusqu'en 1988 ; Collection Paul Lombard  Bibliographie : Dominique Alsina, 'Louyse Moillon. La nature morte au Grand Siècle. Catalogue raisonné', Dijon, 2009, p. 196-197, n° 63, repr.  Note: "Issue d'une famille d'artistes... [Lire la suite]

Lot 466. Frans Snyders (Anvers, 1579 - 1657), L'étal du poissonnier. Toile, 204 x 337 cm. Estimation 350 000 - 450 000 €. Courtesy Artcurial Provenance : Probablement collection de la marquise de Pompadour ; sa vente, Paris, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (Expert: Rémy), 28 avril 1766, n° 2, avec son pendant;Probablement vente Pierre Rémy, Paris, rue Poupée, 30 juin 1772, n° 546, avec son pendant;Probablement vente anonyme, Londres, Covent Garden (Langford), 27 avril 1775, n° 58, avec son pendant... [Lire la suite]

Lot 460. Marten van Cleve (Anvers, 1527 - 1581), Kermesse de village.  Huile sur panneau, trois planches, parqueté; 76 x 108 cm. Estimation 350 000 € / 450 000 €. Courtesy Artcurial Provenance : Château de Satzkorn-Brandhorst, Potsdam, au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, selon le catalogue de 2007 ; Vente anonyme ; Paris, Palais Galliera, 9 juin 1961, n° 1 (comme Pieter Baltens) ; Acquis auprès de la galerie De Jonckheere, Bruxelles, en mars 2007, n° 13 du catalogue ; Collection particulière de l'Est de la... [Lire la suite]

Withering in Anticipation by Florian W. Mueller

Lot 44. An Art Nouveau enamel and diamond 'Wasp' pendant-brooch, by René Lalique. Estimate CHF 60,000 - CHF 80,000 (USD 60,461 - USD 80,615). Price realised CHF 432,500. © Christies Images Ltd 2017 Modelled as five enamelled wasps, with long window enamel wings and diamond accents, to the enamel and gold chain, circa 1906, pendant 9.0 cm, chain 54.0 cm, with French assay marks for gold. Signed Lalique. Provenance: Michel Perinet Literature: Y. Brunhammer, René... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. An Art Nouveau enamel and glass 'Raspberry' pendant, by René Lalique. Estimate CHF 70,000 - CHF 90,000 (USD 70,538 - USD 90,692). Price realised CHF 348,500. © Christies Images Ltd 2017   Modelled as a spray of raspberries, the deep blue enamel stem with lighter blue enamel thorns, with four opalescent glass raspberries and window enamel leaves, 1902, 8.5 cm, mounted in gold. Signed Lalique. Provenance: Laurin Guilloux Buffelaud Tailleur, 19 November 1979, lot. 81Michel Perinet ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 72. A Longquan celadon-glazed 'lotus' dish, 14th-15th century. 35.5cm (14in) diam. (2). Estimate £4,000 - 6,000. Sold for £5,625 (€6,365). Photo: Bonhams. Robustly potted with shallow rounded sides, the interior boldly carved with a single lotus spray within a double line medallion, covered overall in a lustrous sea-green glaze, a wide unglazed ring on the base burnt orange-brown, wood stand. Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian... [Lire la suite]

Lot 71. A Longquan celadon-glazed 'lotus scroll' barbed-rim dish, 14th-15th century. 37cm (14 1/2in) diam. Estimate £4,000 - 6,000. Sold for £6,250 (€7,072). Photo: Bonhams.  The body with lobed rounded sides rising from a short tapered foot to a broad everted barbed rim, finely carved on the interior with a double-line medallion enclosing two blossoming lotus issuing from leafy tendrils, the lobed cavetto with leafy scrolls mirrored on the exterior, covered overall with a sea-green glaze except for an unglazed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 70. A rare Longquan celadon-glazed 'Tale of the Pipa' bowl, Hongwu period (1368-1398). 17.5cm (6 7/8in) diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000. Sold for £3,125 (€3,536). Photo: Bonhams. The heavily-potted bowl moulded on the interior with figures from the Ming dynasty drama within interior settings beside captions, all beneath a key-fret band below the rim, covered with a thick green olive-glaze. Provenance: Francesco Maria, Marchese Taliani de Marchio (1887 - 1968), Grand Officer of the Italian Crown,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 69. A Longquan celadon-glazed 'double fish' barbed-rim dish, 14th century. 41cm (13 6/8in) diam. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000. Sold for £8,125 (€9,194). Photo: Bonhams. Thickly potted and of shallow concave shape, with fluted walls curving up to a wide, everted rim, moulded with bracket lobes depicting blossoming lotus surrounding a circular well decorated with a double fish design, covered all over in a thick, light, sea-green glaze, the underside with an unglazed ring burnt orange from firing. Provenance:... [Lire la suite]