20 juin 2019

Lot 4. A rare Meissen Böttger stoneware teapot and cover, circa 1710-13;9.5cm high. Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000 (€ 34,000 - 56,000). Sold for £ 35,062 (€ 39,087). © Bonhams The bell-shaped body with an ear-shaped handle and curved spout, engraved, cut and polished with foliate motifs and dots scroll- and strapwork below a border of swags around the shoulder and dots below the rim, the spout, handle and flat cover similarly decorated (tiny chip to tip of spout). Provenance: Acquired between... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A rare Meissen Böttger stoneware black-glazed Kendi, circa 1710-13; 16.3cm high, black cold-painted Japanese Palace inventory number 64./ P. Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000. Sold for £ 82,562 (€ 92,039). © Bonhams. After a Chinese Yixing stoneware original, the globular body with a quilin head spout and tall cylindrical neck with flared rim, decorated in the workshop of Martin Schnell, Dresden, in imitation of lacquer with a black glaze, the body moulded with flowering plants issuing from... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2. A rare pair of Meissen Böttger stoneware octagonal vases and covers, circa 1710-13; 13cm high. Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000. Sold for £ 46,312 (€ 51,628). © Bonhams. Each decorated in gilding with a central lambrequin border and double-line borders on the various edges, the slightly differing covers centering a gilt flowerhead, and one lacquered on the interior. Provenance: Margravine Karoline Luise of Baden-Durlach (1723-83); Hereditary Prince Karl Ludwig of Baden (1755-1801); ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3308. A superbly carved yellow and russet jade figure of a mythical beast, Ming dynasty (1368-1644); 7.7 cm, 3 in. Estimate HK$1,000,000– 1,500,000. Lot sold 1,250,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. skilfully rendered in the round in the form of a crouching mythical beast, the figure portrayed alert with piercing globular eyes above a well-defined snout and finely incised beard falling to its chest, all below stylised floppy ears, the rounded bodily contours highlighted with a defined backbone... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3326. A yellow jade figure of a rabbit, Qing dynasty, 17th – 18th century; 6.5 cm, 2 1/2  in. Estimate HK$600,000– 800,000. Lot sold 1,500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. sensitively worked and depicted recumbent with the head turned to its left and resting on its front paws, the figure portrayed grasping in its mouth a gnarled leafy sprig issuing lingzhi blooms, the warm yellow stone accentuated with russet patches and veins. Sotheby's. Beasts of Antiquity – Important Jade Animals from the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3333. A finely carved and extremely rare celadon and mottled jade figure of a bear, Western Han dynasty (206 BC-26 AD); 9.3 cm, 3 5/8  in. Estimate HK$2,000,000– 3,000,000. Lot sold 2,500,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's. skilfully depicted recumbent with facial features realistically rendered below a pair of small funnel-form pricked ears, the head framed by a pair of curved ridges detailed with fine incisions repeated along its upper back, interrupted by a collar decorated with three raised... [Lire la suite]

Hendrick Goltzius (Mulbracht 1558 – 1617 Haarlem), Portrait de Frederik de Vries, 1597. Gravure au burin (premier état). – 357 × 264 mm (rognée au coup de planche). © Fondation Custodia, Collection Frits Lugt PARIS - Protagonistes centraux des portraits de famille, les enfants sont aussi un sujet à part entière pour beaucoup de peintres hollandais et flamands du XVIIe siècle, sujet qui n’a pour notre œil moderne rien perdu de sa séduction. Tour à tour charmants, cabots, attendrissants,... [Lire la suite]

Frans Hals, Enfants de la famille Van Campen avec une voiture tirée par un bouc (fragment), vers 1623-1625. Huile sur toile. – 152 × 107,5 cm, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Bruxelles, inv. 4732  PARIS - Frans Hals (1582/1583-1666) est l’un des plus grands portraitistes du Siècle d’or hollandais et, avec Rembrandt, celui qui a révolutionné ce genre. Surtout réputé pour ses portraits individuels et ses grandes compositions représentant les membres de milices, il a également... [Lire la suite]

Lot 36. An antique colored diamond, diamond and natural pearl pendant. Estimate USD 300,000 - USD 500,000. Price realised USD 325,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Triangular-shaped table-cut pink diamond, half-moon and triangular-shaped table-cut diamonds, rose-cut diamonds, pearls, engraved on the reverse with floral motif, silver, 2 ins., 19th century. GIA, 2019, report no. 6204203869: natural pearls, saltwater, no indications of treatmentGIA, 2019, report no. 5202203895: Identification and Origin Report,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 10. The 'Indore Sapphire' taveez bead pendant necklace of 23.20 carats, 18th century, mounted by Cartier. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 206,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Oval-shaped sapphire taveez bead of 23.20 carats, 18th century, later added 18k white gold finelink chain, 24 1/8 ins., chain signed MT Cartier, no. SB7885. Provenance: Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II of Indore. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p. 382, no. 130. Exhibited: Victoria and Albert... [Lire la suite]