6 juillet 2019

Lot 149. A rare Meissen large dish from the Sulkowski Service, circa 1735-38. Sold for £ 13,812 (€ 15,398). ©  Bonhams. Painted with two shaped escutcheons with the arms of Sulkowski and Stain zu Jettingen, flanked by rampant lion supports standing on a stepped plinth above a puce panel with gilt scrolls, the arms of Sulkowski with the sash and badge of the Order of the White Eagle, the well of the plate with scattered indianische Blumen within a Sulkowski Ozier moulded border, 43.3cm... [Lire la suite]

Lot 119. A rare Vezzi beaker and saucer painted by Ludovico Ortolani, circa 1725. Sold for £ 37,562 (€ 41,874). ©  Bonhams. Decorated on the saucer with a large bird standing on grassy ground inspecting a passing insect, another bird sitting on a branch of a tree embellished with elaborate chinoiserie flowers, another bird in the sky, the cup with three different birds in sky, tree branch and standing on the ground, the cup 7.6cm high, the saucer 13.2cm diam, V a in red to the reverse of both... [Lire la suite]

Lot 133. An exceptional Capodimonte porcelain tea and coffee service, circa 1750. Sold for £ 100,062 (€ 111,548). ©  Bonhams. Decorated a farfalle e insetti, after the prints by Joris Hoefnagel, 'Insects Diversae Insectarum Volatilium' published in 1630, comprising a coffee pot and cover, tea pot and cover, slop bowl, sugar bowl and cover and four teacups and saucers and one coffee cup and saucer, the coffee pot and cover: 24cm high, fleur-de-lys marks in blue enamel (small flat chip to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 109. A Louis XIV Beauvais 'Chinoiserie' tapestry depicting 'La collation', after a design by Guy-Louis Vernansal, Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer and Jean-Baptiste Belin du Fontenay, circa 1700-1729; 126 in. (320 cm.) high; 149 ½ in. (380 cm.) wide. Estimate 80,000 - GBP 120,000. Price realised GBP 87,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Woven in wools and silks, from the ´Histoire de l’Empereur de Chine’ series, depicting ´La Collation’, with on the left side the Emperor with richly embroidered... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. The William Beckford's heraldic green dahlia bowl. A George III silver-gilt mounted Chinese porcelain bowl, the porcelain 18th century; the silver-gilt mounts with mark of John Robins, London, 1811. 4 ½ in. (11.5 cm.) diameter. Estimate 20,000 - GBP 40,000. Price realised GBP 60,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The bowl on stepped foot and with green dahlia on black background, and with gilt-mounts of stiff leaf foliage, the bowl with silver-gilt lining engraved with heraldic... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. A pair of Chinese export armorial soldier vases and two covers, Yongzheng-Qianlong period, circa 1735-40; 51 ½ in. (130.8 cm.) high, each. Estimate 100,000 - GBP 150,000. Price realised GBP 175,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Decorated in a lustrous famille rose palette with a European style flower-filled urn raised on a bright blue pedestal, a deep cloud collar around the shoulders decorated with a combination of European scrollwork and Chinese cloud motifs on the matching... [Lire la suite]

Lot 104. A Meissen (Augustus Rex) porcelain royal armorial part tea and chocolate-service, 1725, blue AR marks and various drehers' marks, painted by J.G. Estimate 80,000 - GBP 120,000. Price realised GBP 262,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Finely painted with fine chinoiserie scenes and the crowned cipher or crowned arms of the King of Sardinia, the arms within the insignia of the Order of the Annunciation flanked by lion supporters and martial trophies, all within gilt Laub-und... [Lire la suite]

Lot 108. The Williams-Wynn Meissen Hen from the Royal Saxon Porcelain Menagerie. A Meissen white porcelain model of a hen with her chicks, 1732; 13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) high. Estimate 300,000 - GBP 500,000. Price realised GBP 467,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 Naturalistically modelled by J.J. Kändler, with her head turned towards her tail, a chick preening itself on her back and further chicks peeping out from under her wings and feathers. Provenance: Commissioned by Augustus II... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 126. A bronze figure of Neptune cast from a model by Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), Rome, second quarter 17th century; 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm) high. Estimate 250,000 - GBP 350,000. Price realised GBP 491,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019 The figure of Neptune holding a later trident; on a naturalistic base. Provenance: Purchased by the cousin of the present owner April 1949 at Copper and Adams (?), and thence by descent. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: J. Pope-Hennessy, Catalogue of... [Lire la suite]

© Christie's Image Ltd 2019 London – Christie’s Xhibition: Antoni Tàpies is now on view until 19 July 2019. Displayed in the St James’s galleries at King Street, the exhibition showcases 35 paintings and works on paper that explore the relevance and versatility of the sign `X´ - or cross in Tàpies’ work. Potent, economical and multivalent, the symbol is highly charged yet refuses rigid interpretation. Throughout his oeuvre of richly varied media, crosses are carved, painted, scrawled and collaged,... [Lire la suite]