7 décembre 2018

Lot 5. Gerrit van Honthorst (Utrecht 1592-1656), Allegory of love, oil on canvas, 50 7/8 x 44 1/8 in. (129.3 x 114 cm.) Estimate GBP 500,000 - GBP 800,000. Price Realised GBP 548,750 (EUR 615,149)(USD 698,010) to An Anonymous. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: Private collection, Hamburg, since at least 1966. Anonymous sale; Kunsthaus am Museum-Carola von Ham, Cologne, 20-23 March 1991, lot 1070, as ‘Utrecht Caravaggist 17th C’ (630,000DM). with Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. Jan Baptist Weenix (Amsterdam 1621-1659/1661 Huis ter Mey, near Utrecht), Italianate landscape with a shepherd showing a woman his flock, signed 'GIO. BATT. WEENIX' (lower right, on fallen branch), oil on canvas, 35 5/8 x 48 in. (90.5 x 122 cm.). Estimate GBP 100,000 - GBP 150,000. Price Realised GBP 248,750 (EUR 278,849) (USD 316,410) to An Anonymous. WORLD RECORD PRICE FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: Cornelis van Lill (d. 1743); his sale (†),... [Lire la suite]

Lot 30. Ambrosius Bosschaert, the Elder (Antwerp 1573-1621 The Hague), Flowers in a berkemeier glass on a stone ledge, signed with monogram and dated '·AB·1607·' (lower left), oil on copper, laid on panel, 15 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (38.5 x 27 cm.) Estimate GBP 800,000 - GBP 1,200,000. Price realised GBP 908,750 (EUR 1,018,709) (USD 1,155,930) to An Anonymous. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: Private collection, France. Private collection, The Netherlands. with Noortman... [Lire la suite]

Lot 23. Jan Breughel, the Elder (Brussels 1568-1625 Antwerp), An extensive wooded landscape with travellers on a road, a church in the distance, signed and dated 'BRUEGHEL 1610' (lower left), oil on copper, stamped on the reverse with the maker's mark of Peeter Stas (active Antwerp c. 1587-1610), dated 1610, and with the coat-of-arms of the city of Antwerp, 20 ¾ x 28 ½ in. (52.7 x 72.4 cm.). Estimate GBP 3,000,000 - GBP 5,000,000. Price realised GBP 3,608,750 (EUR 4,045,409) (USD 4,590,330) to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 618. A pair of blue and white vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722). Height 24 cm. Estimate 2 406 € / 2 887 €. Lot sold 3 302€. © Bukowskis On a splayed foot with the pear shaped body rising to a high and narrow neck. The body is decorated with two creatures above forming waves and flower sprays, whilst the neck has ribbons and pointed plantain leaves. The base of each is decorated with a spray of flowers.  Vente d'Hiver chez Bukowskis, Stockholm, le 07 Décembre 2018 à... [Lire la suite]

Lot 615. Two blue and white 'Ling Long' bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 8 cm. Estimate 2 117 € / 2 887 €. Lot sold 2 137 €. © Bukowskis The pair of small bowls are constructed with a double wall - the outer wall having been cut and carved before firing in a decorative process known as “ling long” or “devils-work”. The inner wall was then painted with flowering foliage in under glaze blue and then luted to the bowl at both the rim and foot. The piercing to the outer wall is of a trellis pattern... [Lire la suite]

Lot 615. A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722). Width: 19 cm. Estimate 3 368 € / 4 331 €. Lot sold 3 302 €. © Bukowskis Decorated to the interior with four depictions of Ma Gu Xian Shou, all of which are arranged around a raised central boss. The outside is decorated with four groups of flowers, “The Flowers of the Four Seasons” which are painted below an outer border carved in a variation of the Linlong technique.  Vente d'Hiver chez Bukowskis, Stockholm, le 07... [Lire la suite]

Lot 614. A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 20,6 cm. Estimate 4 331 € / 6 256 €. Lot sold 4 468 €. © Bukowskis In tones of vibrant blue depicting a hunting party at rest - Chenghua mark to the base within a circle. The interior with band of clouds around the rim, and the center medallion with a deer.  Vente d'Hiver chez Bukowskis, Stockholm, le 07 Décembre 2018 à 10h00

Lot 613. A blue and white bowl with Immortals, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722). Width 21 cm. Estimate 3 079 € / 3 849 €. Lot sold 5 432 €. © Bukowskis A rare and finely painted octagonal lobed bowl – in varying tones of under glaze blue – with the eight spreading panels being identical in size - all above a design of petal motifs. Around the inside of the rim, there is a band of diaper ground pattern within which are eight oval reserves, each containing one of the “ Eight Precious Things “. The short lobed foot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 612. A blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 16 cm. Estimate 2 406 € / 2 887 €. Lot sold 2 428 €. © Bukowskis The rim on the inside of the bowl is decorated with blossoming prunus reserved on a blue cracked-ice background. The design evokes the beautiful blossom of the plum whilst it is still winter - the cracking ice being the first signs of spring. The inside medallion depicts a sage within a landscape.  Vente d'Hiver chez Bukowskis, Stockholm, le 07... [Lire la suite]