27 décembre 2019

Lot 5. Giovanni Bellini (Venice 1425/30-1516), Christ carrying the Cross, oil on panel, marouflaged, 47.7 x 36.5 cm.; 18¾ x 14⅜ in. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 GBP. Lot sold 795,000GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Chiesa delle Salesiane, Murano, until the occupation of Venice by the French, 1798 (according to Heinemann 1959, see Literature); In the collection of Schiélin, a banker, Paris (according to Heinemann 1959); Count Wilhelm de Pourtalès, Paris, until 1889; By descent to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3.  Simon Franck (circa 1500 - 1546/47 Aschaffenburg), Wings from an altarpiece: Saint Achatius with a train of knights and nobles; and Saint Ursula with an entourage of maidens, a pair, both oil on panel, with gilded and incised arched tops, each: 219.1 x 97.8 cm.; 86¼ x 38½ in. Estimate: 400,000 - 600,000 GBP. Lot sold 735,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Exhibited: Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, 4th Duke of Dino, 2nd Marquis de Talleyrand (1843–1917); By whom... [Lire la suite]

Lot 33.  Luis Meléndez (Naples 1716 - 1780 Madrid), Still life with a plate of apricots, cherries, bread, a wine cooler and receptacles, signed and dated on the table edge lower right: L.S E. M.Z D.ZO I S.TO P.E ANO. 1765, oil on canvas, 48 x 35 cm.; 19 x 13 in. Estimate: 600,000 - 800,000 GBP. Lot sold 735,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Private collection, North America; Whence sold (‘Property of an East Coast Private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 27.  Johannes Bosschaert (Middelburg 1610/11 - after 1628 Dordrecht?), Still life of tulips and other flowers in a basket, with shells and fruit on a stone ledge, signed with initials and dated lower left: ·I·B· 1624, oil on oak panel, 37.2 x 55.9 cm.; 14⅝ x 22 in. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 GBP. Lot sold 187,500 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 29 November 1968, lot 70 (as attributed to Jan Baers; 'signed J.B. 1624'), for DM... [Lire la suite]

Lot 25. Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg 1593/94 - 1657 Delft), Still life of mixed flowers in a glass vase, with three shells, a grasshopper and a spider on a tabletop, signed lower right: BV. AST., oil on oak panel, 40.8 x 27.5 cm.; 16 x 10¾ in. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP. Lot sold 225,000 GBP. © Sotheby's. Provenance: With Johnny van Haeften, 1989, from whom acquired by the father of the present owner; Thence by inheritance. Exhibited: London, Dulwich Picture Gallery,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1933. A rare small blue and white double-gourd vase, Jiajing six-character mark and of the period (1522-1566); 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 180,000. Price realised HKD 1,590,000. © Christies Image Ltd 2013 The vase is of characteristic gourd shape with the upper sphere slightly smaller than the lower section, each decorated in vibrant blue tones with four dragon medallions reserved on a honeycomb-ground, each hexagonal shape containing dots at the centre. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1932. An extremely rare Ming blue and white 'dragon' dish, Hongzhi six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1488-1505); 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 3,870,000. © Christies Image Ltd 2013 The dish is finely painted to the interior in cobalt of greyish-blue tone with a scaly five-clawed dragon amidst fire and cloud scrolls within double-line borders, under a band of classic scrolls around the rim. The exterior is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1931. A rare early Ming blue and white lianzi bowl, Xuande six-character mark within double-circles and of the period (1426-1435); 8 1/4 in. (20.8 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 600,000 - HKD 800,000. Price realised HKD 7,470,000. © Christies Image Ltd 2013 Finely potted with deep rounded sides rising straight to the rim, the centre of the interior is painted with a fruiting and flowering pomegranate spray within a double-circle medallion, surrounded by a lotus scroll on the cavetto below a keyfret... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3534. A parcel-gilt bronze incense box and cover, Ming dynasty, 17th century; 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 120,000 - HKD 150,000. Price Realized HKD 400,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The box is of circular form with an incurving inner rim supporting the domed cover cast and gilt with a large lotus bloom, growing on a vine with smaller lotus flowers surrounding the rounded sides. Similarly decorated on the sides of the box, all reserved on a stamped fish-roe ground. The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3509. A Yunnan-style carved cinnabar lacquer 'floral' circular box and cover, Ming dynasty, 16th century; 8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 220,000 - HKD 280,000. Price Realized HKD 250,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014 The cover with gently rounded sides is shallowly carved in the central medallion with two large peony blooms surrounded by dense foliage, the sides similarly carved with four large blooms amidst lush leaves and tendrils, repeated on the sides of the box. The interior and... [Lire la suite]