Faïence & Porcelaine européenne/European Ceramics

LONDON.- The european works of art auction taking place on 24th May by Olympia Auctions comprises 396 lots & includes five collections of enticing objects from Dutch delft to Russian and Greek icons. The property of a European Collector was assembled over twenty-five years ago by a gentleman of exquisite taste, and adorned an 18th century house in Covent Garden. The dining room was enlivened by Chinese, Japanese and Delft blue & white, arrayed on open shelves and coral brackets over black lacquer... [Lire la suite]

Lot 183. Bernard Leach (1887 - 1979), Bottle Vase, impressed with Artist's and Leach Pottery seals (to the underside), stoneware with tenmoku glaze; height: 19.5cm.; 7¾in.; width: 13cm.; 5in. Executed circa 1962. Lot sold: 2,016 GBP (Estimate: 800 - 1,200 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Provenance: Sale, Christie's London, 23 June 1987, lot 92. Lot 184. Bernard Leach (1887 - 1979), Bottle Vase, impressed with Artist's and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 17. An Extremely Rare Meissen Blue and White Double Cruet, Circa 1725; 8 1/2 in., 21.5 cm. high. Lot sold: 88,200 EUR (Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 EUR). © Sotheby's the flattened pear-shaped conjoined flasks with entwining necks, painted with stylized flowering branches issuing from grassy mounds, the rims and spreading footrim with bands of fretted zig-zag, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, Dreher’s mark X for J. D. Rehuschuh. Literature: Ulrich Pietsch,... [Lire la suite]

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]

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]

  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]

Lot 12. Two Knife Hafts, Early 18th Century; 3 1/2 in., 9 cm. long. Lot sold: 1,764 EUR (Estimate: 1,500 - 2,600 EUR). © Sotheby's one in white stoneware with black glaze, perhaps Böttger, the other in glazed white stoneware. Sotheby's. Transformed by Fire A Private Collection of Early Meissen, Cologne, 1 July 2022

Lot 10. An Early Meissen White Porcelain Figure of a Pagod, 1713-15; 3 1/2 in., 9.5 cm high. Lot sold: 9,450 EUR (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 EUR). © Sotheby's the seated robed figure resting his right hand on his knee, the other hand tucked beneath his robes. Provenance: By repute, Fürst von Lichtenberg; Sydney J. Lamon Collection, New York, sold, Christie's, London, 29 November 1973, lot 21 Literature: Ulrich Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellanaus einer... [Lire la suite]

Lot 9. A Böttger Stoneware Polished Figure of a Pagod, 1713-15; 3 7/8 in.; 9.8 cm high. Lot sold: 23,940 EUR (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 EUR). © Sotheby's the seated robed figure resting his right hand on his knee, the other hand tucked beneath his robes. Literature: Ulrich Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellanaus einer Privatsammlung, exhibition catalogue, Lübeck, 1993, pp. 26-7, no. 13. Exhibited: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck St.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. A Rare Böttger Stoneware Polished Small Teapot and Cover, Circa 1718; 3 3/4 in., 9.5 cm. high. Lot sold: 30,240 EUR (Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR). © Sotheby's of squat baluster form, the upper section moulded with tasseled drapery above a polished section, the gadrooned domed cover part polished, the short spout issuing from the top of a gaping mask. Provenance: Christie's Geneva, 16 November 1981, lot 58. Note: Few examples of this form appear to have survived... [Lire la suite]