3 janvier 2021

Lot 28. An English Delftware blue and white colander bowl, Circa 1770, London or Bristol; 21.5cm. diameter, 8 1/2 in. Estimate: 400 - 600 GBP. Lot sold: 504 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of typical form, the concave upper surface pierced with concentric apertures, painted with trailing branches below a bronw lined rim. Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7 January 2021

Lot 57. An Imari ewer with silver mount, Edo period, late 17th-early 18th century; 5½ in.; 14cm. high. Estimate: 800 - 1,200 GBP. Lot sold: 1,386 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the rectangular flask with applied handle and spout in the form of a dragon, the slightly domed shoulder with ring neck and applied silver mount, decorated in iron red, green, black and aubergine enamels and gilt, with panels of peony, bamboo and cherry blossom. Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton. ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 90. A German fayence blue and white chinoiserie vase and cover, circa 1720, Gerhard Wolbeer's factory, Berlin; 41 cm high, 19 cm wide. Estimate: 1,200 - 1,800 GBP. Lot sold: 1,512 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of baluster form with a domed cover and foot, painted wiuth a frieze of figures between bands of stylised flowers and foliage. Provenance: Sammlung Riesebieter, Oldenburg, according to paper label, enamelled numeral. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7 January 2021

Lot 89. A Prussian cut and engraved Royal goblet and cover, circa 1710, Postdam, engraved in Berlin; 35cm. high. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 GBP. Lot sold: 2,520 GBP.  Photo Sotheby's. the round funnel bowl engraved, probably by Gottfried Spiller with four crowned cyphers above a star and trellis pattern section, the domed cover engraved with scattered flower sprigs below border of flowerheads and printes, the finial and stem with fluted baluster sections either side of a compressed knob,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 86. A South German gilt-metal mounted, ebonised and carved table cabinet, possibly Augsburg, early 17th century; 94 cm. high; 78cm. wide: 38cm. deep. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's. of architectural stepped and breakfront shape, with a central door with a plaque depicting Perseus coming to Andromeda's rescue, the upper frieze drawer double-sided and with four engraved game boards, and with a further quantity of smaller and wider drawers mostly lined with marbleized paper... [Lire la suite]

Lot 95. A Baltic parcel-gilt silver beaker and cover, Michael Kresner III, (Riga), circa 1760; 28cm., 11in. high; 1146gr, 36oz 16dwt. Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP. Lot sold: 7,560 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Tapering, cylindrical with spreading foot and gadrooned rims, fitted with ten 17th and early 18th century coins and medals enclosed by engraved foliage, the base with a Wismar 32 Schilling, dated 1632, cover spirally fluted as seen from the inside, the cover fitted with an early 18th century embossed plaquette... [Lire la suite]

Lot 95. A German parcel-gilt silver tankard, Johann Rohde, Danzig, Barock, circa 1690; 18.5cm, 7 1/2 in. high; 886gr, 28oz 16dwt. Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000 GBP. Lot sold: 12,600 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of cartouche form, carved on both sides with Biblical subjects. Provenance: Neumeister, Munich, sale catalogue N. 183, 2008, lot 526 Auktionskatalog 183, S. 85, Nr. 526, Abb. Tafel 81.; vgl. M. Meinz, Schönes Silber, München 1977, Abb. 20. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7... [Lire la suite]

Is "authority" something that can be seen...? The idea of authority may be abstract and difficult to grasp but has always found expression in the visual arts, where its presence has long been seen and felt. The subject of this special exhibition, "imperial portraiture," has often been considered among scholars as simply a form of illustrating these important rulers in history. However, imperial portraits are not only fine works of art, they also represent the fundamentals and "face" of authority itself in Chinese history. The... [Lire la suite]