2 juillet 2019

Lot 40. Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968), Concetto Spaziale, Attese, signed, titled and inscribed oggi è Giovedì domani è Venerdì on the reverse, waterpaint on canvas, 55.3 by 46.2 cm. 21 3/4 by 18 1/4 in. Executed in 1966. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 GBP. Lot sold 795,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Stampatore Sergio Tosi, MilanThomas Newman, OpioSotheby’s, New York, 21 May 1983, Lot 522A (consigned by the above)Fujii Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above... [Lire la suite]

Lot 21. Lucio Fontana (1899 - 1968), Concetto Spaziale, Attese, signed, titled and inscribed 1+1 – 887Z on the reverse, waterpaint on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. 25 5/8 by 21 1/4 in. Executed in 1963. Estimate 1,800,000 — 2,500,000 GBP. Lot sold 2,415,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Galleria Rotta, GenoaGalleria Seno, MilanPrivate Collection, Milan (acquired from the above in the early 1970s)Thence by descent to the present owner. Exhibited: Milan, Galleria... [Lire la suite]

Lot 51. A pair of Chinese verte-imari armorial wine coolers for the Portuguese market, Kangxi period, circa 1720; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000 (USD 75,960 - USD 101,280).Price realised GBP 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Each colourfully decorated and highlighted in gilt with the coat-of-arms for the Sampaio e Melo family, surrounded by floral sprays and separated by a pair of gilt-bronze lion-mask and loose ring handles. Provenance: Probably commissioned for Francisco... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 49. A Louis XV ormolu-mounted chinese celadon porcelain vase, the porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722), the mounts mid-18th century; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000 (USD 50,640 - USD 75,960).Price realised GBP 212,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The baluster body incised with peonies on an overall of stylised foliage, the cover with berried finial on pierced frieze, flanked by scrolled foliate handles headed by double shells, on a broad... [Lire la suite]

Metoko Artist, Democratic Republic of the Congo, “Male and Female Figures”, 19th century. Wood, 16.25 inches, Fred and Rita Richman Collection, 2002.308.1-2, High Museum of Art, Atlanta. © High Museum of Art, Atlanta In Metoko societies, paired male and female figures representing husband and wife were used in initiation rites to confer the status of kasimbi, one of the highest ranks within the association called Bukota, whose membership included both men and women.  The... [Lire la suite]