22 février 2018

The Bateman Master, Venice: The Piazzetta, looking North; and The entrance to the Grand Canal, looking East, with the Church of Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice, circa 1739. Oil on canvas, 148.5 x 225 cm (58.5 x 88.6 in.). Charles Beddington Ltd (Stand 373) © TEFAF 2018. This unusually large pair of Venetian views is the work of a talented and distinctive imitator of Canaletto active in the late 1730s. If he did not work in Canaletto’s studio, he must have been employed by Canaletto’s agent Joseph Smith to help satisfy the... [Lire la suite]

Flowers in a lacquer basket and in a glass vase, circa 1610-20. Oil on panel, 53.3 x 74.9 cm (21 x 29.5 in.). Richard Green (Stand 302). © TEFAF 2018 Provenance: Gallery M. Schultess, Basel; Collection W. Hofmann-Hess, Basel; Sale Hôtel Drouot (Poulain), Paris, 1 December 1982, no. 49; Gallery John Mitchell, London, 1983; Collection Robert H. Smith, Washington, DC; Gallery Richard Green, London, 1987; Private collection, USA. Jan van Goyen (Leiden, 1596 - The Hague, 1656), River landscape with a... [Lire la suite]

Andrew Grima, Necklace, London, 1974. Citrine and diamond set in 18ct yellow gold. Length 41.5 cm (16.3 in.). Signed 'Grima', maker's mark 'AGLtd' and with London assay marks for 1974. Hancocks (Stand 243). © TEFAF 2018 Illustrated in 'Grima - A Career of Fifty Years', no. 29. This necklace took 248 hours to make. Exhibited: London: Goldsmiths' Hall, 'Grima Retrospective', May 1991, cat. no. 58. Amy Burton (London, 1981). The 'Cassiopeia' diamond ring, from the Unum collection by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3101. A wucai garlic mouth 'Fish and aquatic plant' vase, Ming dynasty, Wanli period (1573-1620); 40.3 cm., 15 7/8  in. Estimate 400,000 - 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2013. of compressed globular form supported on a slightly flared foot, sweeping up to a tall waisted neck and garlic mouth, freely decorated in underglazed-blue, iron-red, yellow and green enamels with a variety of fish and crustaceans swimming among aquatic plants above a bed of... [Lire la suite]

Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes, 1684 - Lille, 1721), Study of a man in profile wearing a lopsided-cap. Black chalk and stumping and red chalk, 22.7 x 16.8 cm (8.9 x 6.6 in.). Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd (Stand 310). © TEFAF 2018 Provenance: Léon Ducloux, his sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14-15 February 1889, lot 168; Georges Dormeuil, (1856-1939) his mark, (L.1146a) probably purchased from Marius Paulme, with Paulme’s label on the old frame giving catalogue number 131, referring to the manuscript catalogue of... [Lire la suite]

Group of Neith and her son Horus, Egypt, Late Period, circa 664-332 BC. Bronze with gold ??. Height 19 cm. Galerie CYBELE (Stand 435). © TEFAF 2018 The rectangular base says inscribed 'May Neith grant life, all prosperity, a long lifetime, a good old age for the revered one Tay-Neith daughter of Psamtek.' For a similar group of Neith and two child deities dedicated to Ouahibreseneb see the Louvre, cf. inv. no. E 7996, now exhibited. Provenance: Private collection Mrs. H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3072. An Imperial celadon and brown jade 'Yuqing gong bao' seal, the seal Ming dynasty, the carved inscription Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period (1796-1820): 3.9 by 4.9 by 4.9 cm., 1 1/2  by 7 7/8  by 1 7/8  in. Estimate 8,000,000 — 12,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 10,840,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2013 of square form with a slanted trapezoid top, surmounted by a broad arched knop in an archaistic style, the smoothly polished stone of pale celadon colour figured... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3071. An Imperial white jade 'Xiumu Jiayin' seal, Qing Dynasty, Jiaqing Period (1796-1820); 6.6 by 6.9 by 6.9 cm., 2 5/8  by 2 3/4  by 2 3/4  in. Estimate 8,000,000 — 12,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 10,840,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's 2013 of square form with a slanted trapezoid top, surmounted by a large single-horn chilong carved in high relief, detailed with bushy eyebrows and flaring nostrils, its strong limbs with well-combed hair and powerful claws, the curling body... [Lire la suite]

Bodhisattva, Japan, Heian period, 10th century. Wood, 102 x 23 x 16 cm (40.2 x 9 x 6.3 in.). Galerie Jacques Barrere (Stand 122). © TEFAF 2018 Provenance: Robert H. Ellsworth collection; Yoshida Masaaki collection, acquired in 1979. Double Guardian, China, Chu Kingdom, 4th-3rd century BC. Carved wood and deer antlers, 93 x 60 x 28 cm (36.6 x 23.6 x 11 in.). Galerie Jacques Barrere (Stand 122). © TEFAF 2018  

Juan Sánchez Cotán, Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber, Ca. 1602, San Diego, gift of Anne R. and Amy Putnam © The San Diego Museum of Art. BRUSSELS.- Eighty works by Spanish masters are arranged in a chronological overview, from the 1600s to the present-day. The still life paintings of great and universally acknowledged artists, such as Cotán, Velázquez, Goya, Picasso, Miró and Dalí are shown alongside works by their predecessors and contemporaries, providing the most comprehensive picture possible of this genre and its... [Lire la suite]