10 février 2022

Lot 316. "La Dame au Parasol" plate, ca. 1740, diameter 23 cm. Sold for CHF 3,000 (Estimate CHF 2,500 / 3,500 -  € 2 340 / 3 270). © Koller Decorated in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gold after a design by Cornelis Pronk. Koller. Asian Art: Himalaya, China. Zürich, 30 November 2021

Lot 280. Dickson Yewn. Limited Edition 'Golden Kaiserihind Butterfly' Hardwood, Diamond and Gem Set Brooch. Estimate 300,000 - 500,000 HKD. © 2021 Sotheby's Designed as a butterfly with articulated wooden wings mounted en tremblem, embellished with brilliant-cut diamonds and circular-cut black diamonds, yellow sapphires and tsavorite garnets, to the similarly set body highlighted with onyx eyes, mounted in 18 karat white and blackened gold, signed Dickson Yewn, numbered,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 318. A green-ground sancai bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722), diameter 19 cm. Sold for CHF 1,500 (Estimate CHF 1,200 / 1,800 -  € 1,120/ 1,680). © Koller Decorated with blossoming stems. Minor crack. Lot 319. A yellow-ground sancai bowl, Kangxi period (1662-1722), diameter 21.2 cm. Sold for CHF 1,500 (Estimate CHF 1,200 / 1,800 -  € 1,120/ 1,680). © Koller With a Lingzhi fungus mark in a double... [Lire la suite]

Lot 314. A famille verte mallet vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), height 27 cm. Sold for CHF 4,000 (Estimate CHF 1,000 / 1,500 -  € 930 / 1,400). © Koller With gold decoration on powder blue ground. Minor wear to gilt. Koller. Asian Art: Himalaya, China. Zürich, 30 November 2021

Lot 313. A large wucai vase and cover, Transitional period; height 35 cm. Sold for CHF 5,000 (Estimate CHF 3,000 / 5,000 - € 2,800 / 4,670). © Koller Decorated with squirrels and grapevine. Neck and cover restored. Wood stand. Lot 314. A small wucai jar, Transitional period; height 18.4 cm. Sold for CHF 5,625 (Estimate CHF 1,000 / 1,500 -  € 930 / 1,400). © Koller Decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and green. ... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 308. A large blue and white charger, Kangxi period (1662-1722); diam. 34.5 cm. Sold for CHF 2,000 (Estimate CHF 1,500 / 2,500 - € 1,400 / 2,340). © Koller Decorated wirth a flower garden. Artemisia leaf mark at base. Wire hanger at back. Minor rim frits. Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, London (sticker at base).  Lot 309. A large blue and white plate, Kangxi period (1662-1722); diam. 34 cm. Sold for CHF 5,000 (Estimate CHF 1,500 /... [Lire la suite]

Studies for a Ceiling Decoration with the Apotheosis of Psyche (detail), about 1680, Charles de la Fosse, Pen and black ink and brush and watercolor over red chalk on paper. Getty Museum LOS ANGELES, CA.- Presenting the Getty Museum’s collection of 17th century French drawings in its entirety for the first time, Grand Design: 17th Century French Drawings, open through May 1, 2022, addresses the emergence of a distinctly French school of art and explores the role that drawing played in the process.“Today we recognize... [Lire la suite]

Lot 307. A rare and large blue and white Kraak bowl, Wanli period, early 17th century; diam. 35.5 cm. Sold for CHF 7,250 (Estimate CHF 2,500 / 3,500 - € 2,340 / 3,270). © Koller Decorated with European landscapes and flowers. Some rim chips and cracks. Koller. Asian Art: Himalaya, China. Zürich, 30 November 2021

Lavinia Fontana, Mystic marriage of St Catherine, c. 1575. Oil on copper, 48.5 x 33.6 cm. Felton Bequest, 2021. MELBOURNE.- Italian artist Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) is widely recognised as the first woman to become a professional painter in Europe, winning many prestigious commissions and becoming the first woman admitted into the illustrious guild for painters in Rome, the Accademia di San Luca. Generously acquired by the Felton Bequest, Fontana’s Mystic marriage of St Catherine, c. 1575, is the first painting by this... [Lire la suite]