14 décembre 2018

Lot 148. Masque en ivoire, Lega, République Démocratique du Congo; haut. 18 cm ; 7 in. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 18,750 €. © Sotheby's.  Provenance: Collection privée européenne. Sotheby's. Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Paris, 12 décembre 2018  

Lot 121. Pendentif Hei Tiki, Maori, Nouvelle-Zélande; haut. 11 cm ; 4 1/4 in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 62,500 €. © Sotheby's.  Provenance: Collection Michel Van Gelder, BruxellesTransmis par descendanceCollection privée, Bruxelles, ca. 2010Patrick et Ondine Mestdagh, BruxellesSerge Schoffel, BruxellesCollection privée européenne . Literature: Schoffel, Art en Premier2, 2017, pp. 12-13. Note: Si les pendentifs en néphrite hei... [Lire la suite]

Lot 151. Figure de reliquaire, Kota, Gabon; haut. 53,5 cm ; 21 in. Estimate 150,000 — 250,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 225,000 €. © Sotheby's.  Provenance: Collection privée européenne. Note: Identifié grâce aux travaux du pasteur Andersson, qui séjourna au Congo dans les années 1930-1940, le corpus des figures de reliquaire Kota Ndasa se distingue de l’ensemble des « Kota du Sud » par l’absence de cimier sommital, laissant place à une coiffe divisée en deux parties... [Lire la suite]

Lot 177. Cimier ciwara, Bamana, Mali; haut. 65 cm ; 25 1/2 in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 693,000 €. © Sotheby's.  Provenance: Collection Gaston de Havenon (1904-1993), New YorkTransmis par descendanceQuay (de) et Lombrail, Paris, Collection Gaston de Havenon, 30 juin 1994, n° 11Collection André Schoeller (1930-2015), Paris, acquis lors de cette venteCollection privée, Paris , acquis en 2002. Exhibited: Washington D.C., Museum of African... [Lire la suite]

Lot 64. A German parcel-gilt silver standing cup, Hieronymus Peller, Nuremberg, 1670-73; 23cm., 9 1/8 in. high, 442.5gr., 14oz. 5dwt. total. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000. © Sotheby's. the scalloped sex-foil chased with foliate lobate ornament, elongated foliate sheet scrollwork stem, on a foliate chased lobed circular foot, 21.9cm., 8 5/8 in. high; with a German parcel-gilt silver fruit-shaped cup and cover, probably Hanns Winkler of Nuremberg, circa 1610, the body and cover chased with... [Lire la suite]

Lot 115. Two large Chinese blue and white porcelain gu vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period(1662-1722). The larger: 56 cm, 22 in. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000. © Sotheby's. each of archaistic gu form, one decorated with alternating panels of figures in landscapes and flowering plants, the other painted with large stylised floral blossoms between borders of foliage. Property of a Princess. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble, London, January 17, 2019, 10:30 AM 

Lot 113. A large Chinese blue and white porcelain baluster vase and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 57 cm, 22 1/2  in. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000. © Sotheby's. with a spreading foot rising to a baluster body, the exterior decorated with panels of flowering plants issuing from craggy rockwork, with further smaller panels of flowers at the neck, the domed cover similarly painted and surmounted with a knopped finial. Provenance: Queen Anna Pauwlona of the Netherlands... [Lire la suite]

Lot 65. A German parcel-gilt silver tankard, Philipp Johann Gross, Augsburg, 1703-07; 18.5cm., 7 1/4 in. high, 1154gr., 37oz. 2dwt. Estimate £5,000 - £7,000. © Sotheby's. the body chased with intermittent masks among foliate strap-work, the cover and foot chased with swirling flutes, scrolling scalework handle, 19.6cm., 7 3/4 in. high; with a German parcel-gilt beaker and cover, Philipp Jakob Drentwett, Augsburg, 1681-85, the body chased with profiles of three... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. Two Chinese blue and white porcelain 'equestrian' dishes, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). The larger: 32 cm, 12 5/8  in. Estimate £5,000 - £7,000. © Sotheby's. each rising from a short foot to a flared rim, the interior painted with a scene of warriors on horseback beneath an overhanging willow tree, encircled by six panels of further warriors at the rim, the exterior decorated with panels of ruyi below floral sprays, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark within a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 166. A pair of large Chinese blue and white porcelain octagonal beaker vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 46 cm, 18 1/8  in. Estimate £8,000 - £12,000. © Sotheby's. each of octagonal form, rising from a short spreading foot to a slightly narrowed long cylindrical neck and gently flaring rim, painted around the exterior with panels of blossoming branches issuing from craggy rockwork, with a band of fruiting foliage at the neck, all between a stylised foliate border at the rim and foot. ... [Lire la suite]