5 décembre 2018

Lot 11. Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 - 1625), An extensive coastal landscape with fishermen landing and selling their catch, Jonah being cast overboard,  signed and dated lower right: BRVEGHEL/1595, bears the Barberini Fidecommesso painted number of 1816 lower left: F.57., oil on copper, 26 x 35 cm.; 10 1/4  x 13 3/4  in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,050,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Cardinal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 15. Jan van de Cappelle (1624 - 1679), A calm sea, signed with monogram lower left: IVC, oil on oak panel backed with another panel, 45.5 x 65.5 cm.; 17 3/4  x 25 3/4  in. Estimate 1,000,000 — 1,500,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,050,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Sir Joseph B. Robinson, Bt, (1840–1929), Dudley House, Park Lane, London; His sale, Christie's London, 6 July 1923, lot 50, where bought back by the owner; His daughter, Ida, who... [Lire la suite]

Lot 29. Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641), Portrait of Charles II (1630–1685) when Prince of Wales, oil on canvas, in a carved wood frame, 158.8 x 109.2 cm.; 62 1/2  x 43 in. Estimate 2,000,000 — 3,000,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,620,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Probably commissioned by King Charles I, before 9 August 1641, when the Prince was carried by barge from Lambeth to Van Dyck's Whitehall studio; Possibly Sir Horatio Townshend, 3rd Bt. and later 1st... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (1628-1682), A Haarlempje: a panoramic view of Haarlem and the bleaching fields seen from the north-west, signed lower left: JvRuisdael oil on canvas, 53.5 x 67.5 cm.; 21 1/8  x 26 5/8  in. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,000,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,650,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Possibly Le Bas Courmont sale, Paris, 1792; Héris of Brussels, acting for Colonel Biré; By whom sold, Paris, Paillet, 25–26 March 1841, lot 20, for 6,750... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A fine and rare imperial doucai Dragon dish, Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735). D. 21,2 cm. Estimate 20,000-30,000 €. Lot sold 75,000 €. © Nagel Auktionen finely potted with shallow curved sides resting on a short foot, painted to the interior in brilliant enamels with a central medallion enclosing a scaly five-clawed dragon leaping from tumultuous crested waves, in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' amid flames and ruyi- head cloud scrolls, within a double-line border repeated at the rim, the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A fine Dragon bowl, underglaze blue Daoguang seal mark and period (1821-1850). D. 15,6 cm. Estimate 300-500 €. Lot sold 4,000 €. © Nagel Auktionen One half with re-stuck breaks. Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2018

Lot 7. A pair of green dragon porcelain jars, iron-red Daoguang seal marks and period (1821-1850); D. 8,2 cm. Estimate 500-800 €. Lot sold 650,00 €. © Nagel Auktionen One jar with small chip and short crack to stand. Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2018

Lot 5. A pair of green Dragon porcelain bowls, iron-red Daoguang seal marks and period (1921-1850); D. 12,5 cm. Estimate 500-800 €. Lot sold 3,300 €. © Nagel Auktionen One with short hairline, the second with two short hairlines to rim. Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2018

  Lot 4. A fine and rare imperial green Dragon porcelain bowl, underglaze blue Kangxi six-character mark and period (1662-1722). D. 20,9 cm. Estimate 4,000-6,000 €. Unsold. © Nagel Auktionen. The present bowls closely follows the Ming prototype in shape and design; see a Zhengde bowl in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty , Book II, Hong Kong, 1966, pls. 4a-c.  Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2018

Lot 3. A fine underglaze-blue and green-enamelled 'Dragon' jar, Qianlong six-character seal mark in underglaze-blue and of the period (1736-1795); H. 21,7 cm. Estimate 20,000-30,000 €. Lot sold 36,000 €. © Nagel Auktionen. The tapering ovoid body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and narrow short neck, decorated around the exterior in underglaze-blue and green enamel with two five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl, all between a bajixiang band encircling the neck and a... [Lire la suite]