10 juillet 2019

Lot 10. A Meissen porcelain Chinoiserie tea bowl and saucer, circa 1724, gilder's 3. to both. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500. Price realised GBP 1,875. © Christie's Images Ltd  Painted with figures within quatrefoil gilt cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels. The saucer 4⅞ in. (12.5 cm.) diameter. Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019

Lot 6. A Meissen porcelain Chinoiserie tea bowl and saucer, circa 1723-24, gilder's 45 and Dreher's X mark to both, script L to saucer. Estimate GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500. Price realised GBP 1,000. © Christie's Images Ltd  Painted with chinoiserie figures within gilt-scroll and Böttger lustre panels. The saucer 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diameter. Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019

Lot 34. Two Meissen porcelain Chinoiserie beakers and one saucer, circa 1735, blue crossed swords marks. Estimate GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800. Price realised GBP 2,125. © Christie's Images Ltd  Each painted with a chinoiserie figure on a gilt diaper-pattern bracket. The beakers 2⅞ in. (7.7 cm.) high. The saucer 5⅛ in. (13 cm.) diameter. Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019  

Lot 19. A Meissen porcelain hexagonal tea-caddy and a cover, the teacaddy circa 1725, the cover later; 4¼ in. (11 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000. Price realised GBP 3,000. © Christie's Images Ltd  Of baluster form, each side painted with a chinoiserie figure within gilt borders.  Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019

Lot 5. A Meissen porcelain Chinoiserie slop-bowl, circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, gilder's 36 and Dreher's two circles mark; 6¼ in. (16 cm.) diameter. Estimate GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,000. Price realised GBP 1,750. © Christie's Images Ltd  Painted with figures on gilt trellis brackets with indianische Blumen below a gilt-line rim.  Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019

 Lot 22. A Meissen porcelain Chinoiserie coffee-pot and a cover, circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark, faint incised letters and numerals, traces of a gilder's 31 mark and Dreher's / mark and scratched J.476 to the coffee-pot; 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500. Price realised GBP 2,125. © Christie's Images Ltd Painted with chinoiserie figures within shaped gilt cartouches with Böttgerlustre panels. Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. A Meissen porcelain hexagonal tea-caddy and a cover, the teacaddy circa 1725, the cover later, gilder's 23; 4¼ in. (11 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500. Price realised GBP 3,000. © Christie's Images Ltd Of baluster form, each side painted with a chinoiserie figure within gilt borders. Christie's. Meissen Porcelain from a Private German Collection, 2 - 9 July 2019 

Lot 245. The Hilt of the State Sword of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala (1872-1949), North India, circa 1900; 8 ¾ ins. (22.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd Enamelled and set with diamonds, the lion-headed pommel set with ruby eyes, one side of the hilt set with a raised and molded crest of Kapurthala and the other side with the words ‘Kapurthala State’ set in diamonds. Note: This magnificent hilt was produced for a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 117. A jade elbow crutch handle, North India, circa 1650; 5 1/8 ins. (12.8 cm.) across. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd Set with agate and later-added diamonds in gold and silver settings. Provenance: Sheikh Saoud bin Mohamed bin Ali Al Thani. Literature: Ray 2009, pp. 32-33, no,10Jaffer 2013, p.60, no.25. Exhibited: London 1982, pp.118-19, no.359New York 2014, pp.30-31London 2015, pp.70-71, no.28Miho 2016,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A horse-headed jade-hilted dagger with scabbard, India, possibly Deccan, circa 1700; 14 ½ ins. (36.8 cm.) long. Estimate USD 40,000 - USD 60,000. Price realised USD 150,000. © Christie's Images Ltd Set with ruby eyes, watered-steel blade, rain guard and chape with gold-damascened decoration on both sides. Christie's. Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, New York, 19 June 2019