5 janvier 2021

Lot 32. Rachel Ruysch (The Hague 1664 - 1750 Amsterdam), Still life with flowers in a vase on a ledge with a dragonfly, caterpillar, and butterfly, signed and dated lower left: Rachel Ruysch 1698, oil on canvas, 19 by 15 ¾ in.; 48.3 by 40 cm. Estimate: 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Pieter Locquet, Amsterdam;His deceased sale, Amsterdam, Van der Schley a.o., 22 September 1783, lot 312 (for fl. 200);There acquired by Van der Schley,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 36. Willem van Aelst (Delft 1627 - 1683 Amsterdam), Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge, signed upper right: Guill.mo van Aelst. , oil on canvas, 29 ½ by 22 ¼ in.; 74.9 by 56.5 cm. Estimate: 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: With Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1936;Bas de Geus van den Heuvel, Amsterdam and... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 15. Three hardstone axes, Southeast China, 4th-3rd millennium BC;  The largest, 67⁄8 in. (17.5 cm.) long, cloth box. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 Each axe has a single hafting hole and tapers slightly towards the cutting end. The first axe is of dark grey tone, the second is of grey tone with white and reddish-brown alteration, the third is of light grey tone with buff alteration.Please note this lot is the property of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. Three hardstone axes, Southeast China, 4th-3rd millennium BC; The largest, 81⁄4 in. (20.6 cm.) high, cloth boxes. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 8,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 The group comprises a large rectangular blade, recarved from a knife or axe; a green jade re-shaped blade with a small perforation; and a trapezoidal pale greenish-yellow jade fragament with an unfinished drilled hole.Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. Three hardstone axes, Southeast China, 4th-3rd millennium BC; The larger, 57⁄8 in. (15 cm.) long, cloth boxes. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 1,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 The group comprises a pale beige axe with pale grey patches, and a buff brown axe with grey mottling, each with a hafting hole and tapered towards the cutting edge, and a pale green hardstone axe, 3rd millennium BC, Liangzhu culture.Please note this lot is the property of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 147. A Meissen 'goldchinesen' cream pot and a saucer, Circa 1725. Estimate: 800 - 1,200 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. decorated at Augsburg in the workshop of Abraham Seuter with figures among trees, and another similar saucer extensively damaged. Property of Lord Ralph Kerr. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7 January 2021

Lot 142. A Kakiemon porcelain octagonal bowl,  Edo period, 17th century; 24 cm. (9 1/2 in.) wide, 10in wide. Estimate: 5,000 - 8,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the deep bowl with wide rim and upturned edge, decorated in iron red, green, yellow, blue and black enamels, the central roundel with ho-o birds, bordered by roundels of coiled dragons interspersed among plum blossom, the exterior with further ho-o birds among plum blossom and bamboo among rockwork.  Property of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. Manner of Jacques Laudin I (1627-1695), French, Limoges, probably 17th century, Oval Plaque with the Emperor Nero in profile; 7.5 by 5.8cm., 3 by 2¼in. Estimate: 700 - 900 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. partially gilt painted enamel on copper, inscribed: NERO. CLAVD [...] / CAESAR. VI.  Property of the descendants of William & Robert Adam. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7 January 2021

Lot 12. Three jade axes, Northwest China, 2nd millennium BC; The largest, 83⁄8 in. (21.2 cm.) long, cloth boxes. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 3,000. Price Realised USD 5,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 Each axe is of rectangular shape and has a hafting hole at one end. One axe is of dark olive-green jade, the other is of pale greenish-grey jade, and the small, thin axe is of olive-green jade.Please note this lot is the property of a private individual. Provenance: The Irving Collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 11. Four pale beige and green jade beads, Northwest or Southwest China, 3rd-1st millennium BC; The largest, 23⁄8 in. (6 cm.) long, cloth boxes. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000. Price Realised USD 1,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020 All beads are of cylindrical form, the stones are of pale beige and green tone with black and white inclusions. Together with a pale grey stone arrowhead, Neolithic period, and a glass sword chape and guard, probably 20th century. The chape is... [Lire la suite]