28 juillet 2018

Lot 144. Adriaen Coorte (Middelburg (?) 1660 (?) - after 1707), Still life with a butterfly, apricots, cherries, and a chestnut, signed and dated lower right: A: Coorte, i685, oil on canvas, 16 by 13 3/4 in.; 40.6 by 34.9. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Lot sold 290,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: With Van Pappelendam & Schouten, Amsterdam;Their sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Cie, 11-12 June 1889, lot 207;Anonymous sale, Boston, Skinner, Inc., 17... [Lire la suite]

Lot 437. An Italian marble relief portrait of Cosimo I de 'Medici (1519-1574), attributed to Baccio Bandinelli (1493-1560), circa 1537; height 25 1/2 in., width 21 1/4 in.; 65, 54 cm. Estimate 300,000 — 500,000 USD. Lot sold 362,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Collection Giuseppe Pacini, Florence. Literature: G. Sangiorgi, Catalogo degli oggetti d'arte e di antichità componenti le collezioni G. Pacini di Firenze, Florence, April 25, 1892 and following... [Lire la suite]

Lot 102. Marco Basaiti (circa 1470 - 1530), Portrait Of A Young Man, Thought To Be Alvise De Franceschi, inscribed on the reverse in an old hand:  Alvise di Franceschi di(?) Giacomo/Tos(?)...Nicolo.../Maria..., oil on panel, 10 by 9 in.; 25.4 by 22.8 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 542,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Albertini, Pistoia;Col. Charles Towneley, 1877;H. A. Peto;Mrs. S.N. Crossby, Burton Pynsent, Yeovil, Somerset;With Schaeffer Galleries, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 135. Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris), Portrait of Florentius Josephus van Ertborn (1784-1840), signed center right: J.B. Greuze, and inscribed on the reverse: F.J. van ertborn ætate XXI / Greuze pinxit anno MDCCCIV, oil on panel, 25 1/2 by 20 15/16 in.; 64.8 by 53.2 cm. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 USD. Lot sold 938,500 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Commissioned from the artist by Florentius Josephus van Ertborn (1784-1840), 1804;Comte Charles de Bergeyck,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 54. A Dehua Guanyin, 19th century; 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm.) high. Estimate : USD 3,000 - 5,000. Price Realised: USD 4,000.00. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The Goddess of Mercy is shown seated with her right arm leaning on an arm rest while holding a scroll in her left hand, and wears a flowing ornate robe, her serene face framed by cascading braids and a topknot. The glaze is of a cool white tone.  Christie's. The Art of China: New York Summer Edition, 11-19 july 2018

Lot 32. An amber-glazed relief-decorated brush pot, 19th-20th century; 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high. Estimate : USD 1,000 - 1,500. Price Realised: USD 2500.00. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The exterior is carved overall with a riverscape including two horses standing next to the river bank, all beneath a mottled-amber-tone glaze. The base is with a four-character mark reading Wang Bingrong zuo (made by Wang Bingrong).  Property from the Studio of Clear Garden Collection. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. A 'peachbloom'-glazed bottle vase, Late Qing dynasty; 11 in. (27.9 cm.) high. Estimate : USD 2,000 - 4,000. Price Realised: USD 2,250.00 . © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The exterior is covered in a glaze shading from light crushed-strawberry red near the mouth rim to greyish red and olive green on the neck and body, and the base is covered with pale blue glaze.  Provenance: Carl A. Rietz Collection, California.Oakland Museum of California, de-accessioned in 1959, accession... [Lire la suite]

Lot 29. A puce-enameled bottle vase, 19th century; 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm.) high. Estimate : USD 4,000 - 6,000. Price Realised: USD 4,375.00. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The exterior is covered in puce-tone enamel that stops short of the turquoise-blue-enameled interior and base. Provenance: Bonham's San Francisco, 29 September 2005, lot 4229. Christie's. The Art of China: New York Summer Edition, 11-19 july 2018

Lot 28. A flambé-glazed vase, meiping, Late Qing dynasty; 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) high. Estimate : USD 2,000 - 4,000. Price Realised: USD 4,375.00. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The exterior is covered with a rich raspberry glaze streaked in blue and thinning to mushroom at the mouth rim, and the base is covered with a crackle-suffused white glaze. Provenance: Carl A. Rietz Collection, California.Oakland Museum of California, de-accessioned in 1959, accession number 59.13.72.Acquired by the... [Lire la suite]

Lot  19. A small crackle-glazed floriform washer, 18th-19th century; 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm.) diam. Estimate : USD 4,000 - 6,000. Price Realised: USD 16,250.00 . © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 The vessel is covered with a glaze of pale blue tone suffused with a network of black and brown crackle. Christie's. The Art of China: New York Summer Edition, 11-19 july 2018