4 janvier 2020

Lot 68. Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (Venice 1697 – 1768), A Venetian capriccio view of an oval church beside the lagoon, oil on canvas; 23⅛ by 35¾ in.; 58.7 by 90.8 cm. Estimate: 700,000 - 900,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Mary, Lady Carbery (d. 1949), Castle Freke, County Cork, Ireland; Her sale et al., London, Christie’s, 4 March 1921, lot 5 (as B. Bellotto) for 40 Guineas to F. Sabin; With F. Sabin; With Julius Böhler, Lucerne and Baden Baden, 1932; From whom acquired by Thomas Harris,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. Giovanni Antonio Canal, called Canaletto (Venice 1697 – 1768), Venice, a view of the Grand Canal looking East with Santa Maria della Salute, oil on canvas; 18 ¾by 31 ¼in.; 47.6 by 79.4 cm. Estimate: 3,000,000 - 5,000,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Property from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund. Provenance: With Caspari Galleries, Munich, by 1926; Where acquired by Colnaghi, London, 1926 - 27; Where acquired by Leggatt, London, 1927 - 28; Where... [Lire la suite]

Lot 60. Francesco Zanin (Nove 1824 - 1884 Venice), Venice, view of the Palazzo Ducale; Venice, view of the Scuola Grande di San Marco. The former signed and dated lower left: Zanin Fran:co. 1862; The latter signed and inscribed lower left: 13 Zanin Fran:co; a pair, both oil on canvas, the former: 17⅝ by 25¾ in.; 44.8 by 65.5 cm., the latter: 17⅝ by 25⅝ in.; 44.7 by 65.2 cm. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Note: Francesco Zanin is renowned as a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 51. Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - 1793), Capriccio view of a Venetian campo, oil on canvas, 12⅜ by 10⅝ in.; 31.4 by 27 cm. Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Property from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund.  Provenance: Derveaux, Paris; Madame Raymond Thome-Patenôtre, until shortly before 1962; From whom acquired by Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York; From whom acquired by Lesley and Emma A. Sheafer, 1962; Thence by bequest to the Metropolitan Museum... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 1353. A small blue-glazed dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 5,000 - USD 7,000. Price realised USD 11,875. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The dish has shallow, rounded sides and is covered inside and out with a glaze of rich blue color below the white rim. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, New York, 19 - 20 September 2013 1353

  Lot 1342. A rare miniature A rare miniature Guan-type bottle vase, Yongzheng seal mark in underglaze-blue  and of the period (1723-1735); 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 27,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  Made in imitation of Song dynasty Guan ware, the vase is covered overall including the base, with an unctuous, opaque, grey-green glaze suffused with fine, clear crackle, box. Provenance: Acquired in New York before 1960. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1338. A rare miniature celadon-glazed tripod vase, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 3½ in. (9 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 339,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The wide, compressed body, raised on three truncated, conical supports, rises to a cylindrical neck surmounted by a rounded, truncated mouth, and is covered overall, except for the bottom of the feet, with a glaze of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1333. An unusual iron-red and underglaze-blue-decorated 'dragon' dish, Yongzheng seal mark in black enamel and possibly of the period (1723-1735); 8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 12,000. Price realised USD 37,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The dish has rounded sides, and is decorated in the interior in iron-red with a five-clawed dragon leaping amidst blue ruyi clouds and flame scrolls in pursuit of a flaming pearl. A similar frieze of two dragons is on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1312. A small doucai saucer dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. Price realised USD 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The interior is decorated with a central iron-red blossom surrounded by four similar blossoms, all borne on and enclosed within finely penciled stems in underglaze blue with scrolling tendrils and green leaves. A similar frieze of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1306. A small wucai 'dragon' dish, Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1723-1735); 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 12,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The dish is thinly potted with shallow rounded sides, and is decorated on the interior with a medallion of two dragons contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames, and on the exterior with four cranes in flight amidst clouds. Provenance: Christie's New... [Lire la suite]