04 juillet 2022

Kangxi Porcelain sold at Sotheby's New York, 17–29 June 2022

Lot 4. A yellow-ground green-enameled 'peach' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 4½ in., 11.5 cm. Lot sold: 6,930 USD (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 USD). © Sotheby's the base inscribed with a six-character mark in aubergine within a double circle. Lot 16. A pair of sancai-glazed bowls, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Diameter 4¾ in., 12 cm. Lot sold: 2,772 USD (Estimate: 2,000 - 3,000... [Lire la suite]

04 juillet 2022

Kangxi Blue and White sold at Sotheby's New York, 17–29 June 2022

Lot 10. An iron-red-ground blue and white 'floral' bowl, Mark and period of Kangxi (1662-1722). Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm. Lot sold: 7,560 USD (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's the base with an apocryphal Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle. Property from a New York Private Collection Provenance: Sotheby's New York, 17th-18th March 2015, lot 268. Lot 12. A blue and white 'Eight Auspicious Emblems'... [Lire la suite]
04 juillet 2022

Vanitas, Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Stuart Lochhead Gallery, London Art Week Summer

Left: Memento Mori Sculpture, German, 18th century. Marble. Height ca 6.5 cm, width ca 7 cm, depth ca 8 cm, at Kunstkammer Georg Laue. Middle: Renaissance Memento mori Janus head, German or Low Countries, 16th century. Boxwood; gold. Height ca 5 cm, width ca 5 cm, depth ca 7 cm, at Kunstkammer Georg Laue. Right: Vanitas Still Lives by Josep and Pere Santilari, at Stuart Lochhead. Renaissance Memento mori Janus head, German or Low Countries, 16th century. Boxwood; gold. Height ca 5 cm, width ca 5 cm, depth ca 7 cm, at... [Lire la suite]
04 juillet 2022

A Plaue-an-der-Havel Stoneware Brown/Black-Glazed and Gilt Teapot and Cover, Circa 1717-30

Lot 15. A Plaue-an-der-Havel Stoneware Brown-Black-Glazed and Gilt Teapot and Cover, Circa 1717-30; 6 1/8 in., 15.6 cm high, 17.8 cm. wide. Lot sold: 7,560EUR (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 EUR). © Sotheby's of square section and swelling form, with fluted straight spout, fattened angular handle with scroll terminal and bird finial, the simulated lacquer ground decorated in enamels and gilt with flowering prunus branches, red lacquered inventory number i60 to teapot... [Lire la suite]
04 juillet 2022

A Böttger Stoneware Black-Glazed and Gilt Teabowl and Saucer, 1711-15

Lot 14. A Böttger Stoneware Black-Glazed and Gilt Teabowl and Saucer, 1711-15; the saucer 4 5/8 in., 11.9 cm diameter. Lot sold: 23,940 EUR (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 EUR). © Sotheby's probably decorated by Martin Schnell and his workshop in imitation of Japanese lacquer, the surface excluding the inside of the saucer foot covered in a manganese/black lustrous glaze gilded to the bowl with a boy seated, another standing holding a fan, a two-handled jar and two volumes stacked, the... [Lire la suite]
04 juillet 2022

A Böttger Stoneware 'Eisenporzellan' Candlestick, Circa 1710-12

  Lot 13. A Böttger Stoneware 'Eisenporzellan' Candlestick, Circa 1710-12; 5 5/8 in., 14.2 cm high. Lot sold: 30,240 EUR (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR). © Sotheby's based on a metal form, of hexagonal section, with waisted stem, partial Japanese Palace inventory number 206 in black. Provenance: The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden; Porzellane und Waffen aus den Kgl. Sächsischen Sammlungen in Dresden, Rudolph Lepke’s Kunst-Auctions-Haus,... [Lire la suite]