29 décembre 2019
A rare silk robe, Central Asia, 11th-12th century
Lot 74. A rare silk robe,Central Asia, 11th-12th century; 47 x 69in. (120 x 175cm.). Estimate GBP 400,000 - GBP 600,000. Price realised GBP 505,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Slightly waisted, with fur collar and cuffs, the decoration with repeated confronted hawks over a lattice formed by thin stems and composite palmettes, the repeated design a continuous stem punctuated by large tapering palmettes below which the stem separates in two tendrils, each tendril splitting... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
An Abbasid polychrome lustre pottery bowl, Mesopotamia or Central Asia, 9th century
Lot 82. An Abbasid polychrome lustre pottery bowl, Mesopotamia or Central Asia, 9th century; 8¾in. (22.1cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000. Price realised GBP 5,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
With rounded body on short flat foot with slightly flaring rim, the symetrical decoration in two colour lustre with a central palmette tree flanked by two large palmettes with dotted roundels, their base with six-branched stars, the rim with crescent-shape motifs, the reverse... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
An Abbasid polychrome lustre pottery bowl, Mesopotamia, 9th century
Lot 2. An Abbasid polychrome lustre pottery bowl, Mesopotamia, 9th century; 10¼in. (26cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000. Price realised GBP 10,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of shallow rounded form with everted lip on short foot, the off-white tin-glazed interior painted in three colours of lustre with a bold panelled abstract palmette design formed of bold panels each filled with a variety of smaller motifs, the reverse with circles containing three stylized leaves... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
A rare Abbasid splash ware plate, Iran or possibly Egypt, circa 8th-9th century
Lot 61. A rare Abbasid splash ware plate, Iran or possibly Egypt, circa 8th-9th century; 37cm. diam. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 43,250 GBP. © Sotheby's.
of shallow form with flattened gently everted rim, decorated with splashed lead glazes in dark brown, amber, yellow and green with a central stylised six-petalled rosette enclosed by leaves and scrolls.
Note: This form of splash ware has much in common with Chinese sancai wares of the same period,... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
A large Abbasid tin-glazed dish, possibly attributable to Muhammad al-Salah, Mesopotamia, 9th century
Lot 83. A large Abbasid tin-glazed dish, possibly attributable to Muhammad al-Salah, Mesopotamia, 9th century; 3 7/8in. (25cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 35,000 - GBP 40,000. Price realised GBP 43,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.
Of rounded form with everted lip on short foot, the pale interior with a design of four cobalt-blue fan-like palmettes around a central dot, repaired breaks, small areas of restoration.
Note: The production of opaque white glazed wares in Iraq in the late... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
A large Abbasid tin-glazed dish attributable to Muhammad al-Salah, Mesopotamia, 9th century
Lot 44. A large Abbasid tin-glazed dish, attributable to Muhammad al-Salah, Mesopotamia, 9th century; 24.5cm. diam. Estimate 50,000 — 80,000 GBP. Lot sold 61,250 GBP. © Sotheby's.
of hemispherical form on a short foot, covered in an opacified glaze, decorated in cobalt blue with a central spot enclosed by four fan-like palmette leaves.
Provenance: ex-Collection Dominique Fourcade.
Note: This ceramic bowl is one of the most significant examples of early Abbasid ceramic... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
A Portrait of a man in Ottoman dress holding a book, Mughal, India, 1610
Lot 44. A Portrait of a man in Ottoman dress holding a book, Mughal, India, 1610,opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper, inscribed on the attached sheet on the reverse with notes in Persian and Mughal seal impressions from the Shah Jahan and 'Alamgir periods, together with notes added in devanagari when this painting entered the Mewar Royal Library, accompanied by the Mewar library stamp and the Mewar royal inventory number 20/220. Painting: 10.3 by 9.4cm. Leaf: 15.5 by... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
Workshop of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian (Pieve di Cadore c.1490-1576 Venice), Portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent
Lot 233. Workshop of Tiziano Vecellio, called Titian (Pieve di Cadore c.1490-1576 Venice), Italy, Portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent. Oil on Canvas, 72.4 x 61cm, 107.5 x 74.4cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 GBP. Lot sold 505,250 GBP. © Sotheby's.
framed.
Provenance: Probably executed for Frederico Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1538
Bishop Paolo Giovo (1483-1552), Como.
With Commendatore E. Marinuci, Rome, by 1935
Christie's London, 24 March 1961, lot 39; bought by Agnew's... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
A flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase, 19th century
Lot 288. A flambé-glazed pear-shaped vase, 19th century; 14 ¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000. Price realised GBP 6,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.
The vase is sturdily potted with a bulbous body rising to a long cylindrical neck and supported on a short tapered foot. It is covered overall in an attractive dark red glaze with fine crackling, thinning to a cream colour at the rim.
Provenance: Formerly in a private Hong Kong collection,... [Lire la suite]29 décembre 2019
A pair of clair-de-lune-glazed stem bowls, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735)
Lot 290. A pair of clair-de-lune-glazed stem bowls, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1723-1735); 7 ? in. (18 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Price realised GBP 56,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014.
Each bowl has deep rounded sides rising from a tall, ribbed spreading stemmed foot, covered on the exterior with an even light blue glaze stopping neatly around the foot.
Provenance: Formerly in a private Hong Kong... [Lire la suite]