5 avril 2019

Lot 3605. A fine wucai 'Wintersweet' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 6.7 cm, 2 5/8  in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 625,000 HKD (80,506 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. the delicately potted U-shaped body rising from a short foot to a flared rim, the exterior brightly painted with two wintersweet trees and lingzhi blooms, representing the first month, the reverse with a poetic inscription, followed by a seal... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3605. A rare wucai 'Prunus' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 6.5 cm, 2 1/2  in. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 HKD. Lot sold 875,000 HKD (112,709 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. finely potted with deep rounded sides supported on a short straight foot and rising to a flared rim, one side rendered in the wucai palette, a prunus tree's two gnarled branches bearing white blossoms with yellow stamens and dark red calyxes, with some small... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3604. A fine and very rare wucai 'Rose' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 6.5 cm, 2 1/2  in. Estimate 500,000 — 700,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,062,500 HKD (136,861 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. delicately potted of deep 'U'-shape rising from a short straight foot to a flared rim, painted on one side in the wucai palette in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a red rose growing on moss-covered ground, one long stem overhanging some low-growing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3602. A fine and rare wucai 'Narcissus' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 6.6 cm, 2 5/8  in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,250,000 HKD (289,823 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. delicately potted of deep 'U'-shape with flared rim and a short straight foot, painted on one side in the wucai palette in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with two clumps of narcissus, the larger one with a blue rock behind and a single red rose emerging from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3601. A fine and very rare wucai 'Orchid' month cup, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722); 6.4 cm, 2 1/2  in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 2,500,000 HKD (322,025 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. delicately potted of deep 'U'-shape with a flared rim and a short straight foot, painted on one side in the wucai palette in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels with a bed of densely growing yellowish-green orchids with a cluster of rocks in front and some bare... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3655. A rare 'clair-de-lune' glazed 'hundred rib' jar, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 26.6 cm, 10 1/2  in. Estimate 2,800,000 — 3,200,000 HKD. Lot sold 3,250,000 HKD (418,633 USD). Courtesy Sotheby's. with a baluster body sweeping up to a broad rounded shoulder and a raised rim, all supported on a flat base, the exterior divided into one hundred narrow ribs, covered evenly overall save for the base with an unctuous pale milky-blue glaze pooling to a darker... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 3040. Johannes Baers (before 1600 Utrecht after 1641), Still life of flowers with tulips and bee. Oil on panel. Monogrammed lower right: JB. 36.5 x 26.5 cm. Estimate CHF 10 000 / 15 000 (€ 8 770 / 13 160). Lot sold CHF 13 700. Courtesy Koller Zurich. Expertise: Dr. Walther Bernt, 13.8.1958, as Johannes Bosschaert (copy available).  Provenance: Swiss private collection, since the 1950s. Our thanks to Dr. Fred G. Meijer who has identified this still life on the basis of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3076. Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (Lille 1636 – 1699 London), Still life of flowers, with tulips, anemones and hyacinths in a stone vase with lions. Oil on canvas. 74.5 x 59.5 cm. Estimate CHF 5 000 / 7 000 (€ 4 390 / 6 140). Lot sold CHF 16 100. Courtesy Koller Zurich.  Provenance: - Galerie Commeter, Hamburg (label verso).- Swiss private collection. Our thanks to Dr. Claudia Salvi who has confirmed the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph. (with certificate in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3053. Nicolaes van Veerendael (1640 Antwerp 1691), Still life of flowers. Oil on canvas. Part of a signature centre left: ...ndael. 53 x 41 cm. Estimate CHF 10 000 / 15 000 (€ 8 770 / 13 160). Lot sold CHF 23 300. Courtesy Koller Zurich. Provenance: - Christie's, Paris, 14.9.2016, Lot 22.- European private collection.The painting is registered at RKD, The Hague as by the hand of Nicolaes van Verendael (No. 292359). Koller Zurich. Old Master, 29 March 2019.

Lot 3072. Jean Michel Picart (Antwerp circa 1600 – 1682 Paris), Still life of flowers in a blue vas on a stone plinth. Oil on canvas. Barely legible signature lower right: H an Spaendonck f. 77 x 57.5 cm. Estimate CHF 12 000 / 18 000 (€ 10 530 / 15 790). Lot sold CHF 24 500. Courtesy Koller Zurich. Provenance: Swiss private collection.Dr. Fred G. Meijer has identified this still life as by the hand of the Antwerp painter Jean-Michel Picart, produced circa 1650. Koller Zurich. Old Master, 29 March 2019.