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Lot 71. A peachbloom-glazed seal paste box and cover, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 7.2 cm, 2 7/8  in. Estimate £8,000 - £1,000. Lot sold 32,500 £ (37,222 €). © Sotheby's. the box and cover of shallow domed shape to form a compressed sphere, covered with a mottled peachbloom glaze, the footring unglazed, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze-blue.  Provenance: Collection of Gustav Detring (1842-1913) and/or Constantin von Hanneken (1854-1925), and thence by descent.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 15. A copper-red bowl, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795); 15 cm, 5 3/4  in. Estimate £10,000 - £15,000. Lot sold 21,250 £ (24,338 €). © Sotheby's. the deep rounded sides rising from a high spreading foot, the exterior covered in a rich dark red glaze, the interior and base glazed white, the base inscribed with the six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.  Provenance: English private collection, acquired from S. Marchant & Son,  London in the 1980s. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 77. A underglaze-blue, copper-red, and celadon-glazed vase, Kangxi mark and period (1662-1722); 30.6 cm, 12 1/8  in. Estimate £6,000 - £8,000. Lot sold 18,750 £ (21,474 €). © Sotheby's. of baluster form, the exterior with a tiger in a rocky landscape crouching and looking up at a ferocious dragon emerging from misty cloud scrolls beside a gnarled pine tree, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle.  Provenance: Collection of Gustav... [Lire la suite]

Lot 97. A rare blue and white square tea ceremony tray, Jiaqing mark and period (1796-1820); 28.8 cm, 11 1/4  in. Estimate £8,000 - £12,000. © Sotheby's. painted to the top with a river landscape and inscribed with an eight line calligraphic poem 'Peach Blossom and Spring', three sides painted with figures in a landscape, the fourth with a four-character mark of Jiaqing in underglaze blue, the unglazed base with an oval glazed recess inscribed with a Jiaqing four-character reign mark in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 7. Attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Urbino 1483-1520 Rome) or a close associate, "The Peruzzi Madonna": The Madonna and Child, oil on panel, 23 ¾ x 17 3/8 in. (60.3 x 44.1 cm.). Estimate USD 400,000 - USD 600,000. Price realised USD 552,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: (Possibly) Lucrezia d’Este (1535-1598), Duchess of Urbino.(Possibly) Peruzzi collection, Florence.(Possibly) Lombardi collection, Florence.Frank G. Macomber, Boston, and by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 40. Antonio Ponce (Valladolid 1608-after 1662 ?), A basket of apples and quinces and flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge, signed 'Anto Ponce / f' (lower right), oil on canvas, 24 x 40 in. (61 x 101.6 cm.). Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 576,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: Julio Dormal (1846-1924), Paris and Buenos Aires, and by descent to his sonCarlos Dormal, Buenos Aires, and by descent to the present owners. Note: Antonio... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 41. Doménikos Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (Crete 1541-1614 Toledo) and Studio, Saint James the Greater,signed[?] in cursive Greek 'doménikos theotokópoulos e'poíei' (lower right),oil on canvas,24 ¼ x 13 ½ in. (61.6 x 34.3 cm.). Estimate USD 500,000 - USD 700,000. Price realised USD 1,572,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018 Provenance: Private collection, Spain, until 1946, when acquired byPrivate collection, Switzerland.with Newhouse Galleries, New York, where acquired byDr. George... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. A famille-rose cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 10.5 cm, 4 1/4  in. Estimate £8,000 - £12,000. © Sotheby's. the inverted bell-shaped body rising from a ribbed spreading foot to an everted rim, finely enamelled around the exterior with Shoulao offering a peach to a young boy held aloft by Fu Xing, with Lu Xing looking on, all divided by a two-column poem, all between iron-red bat bands at the rim and foot.  Note: The poem may be translated as follows: In the heavens,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 75. A green-enamelled 'dragon' meiping, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 23.5 cm, 9 1/4  in. Estimate £10,000 - £15,000. Lot sold 50,000 £ (57,265 €). © Sotheby's. the slender baluster body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and short narrow neck with everted rim, incised and brightly enamelled in green with a four-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl.  Provenance: Collection of Constantin von Hanneken (1854-1925) and thence by descent. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 74. An enamelled 'dragon' meiping, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 23.2 cm, 9 1/8  in. Estimate £10,000 - £15,000. Lot sold £56,250 (€64,423). © Sotheby's. the slender baluster body rising from a recessed base to a rounded shoulder and short narrow neck with everted rim, incised and brightly enamelled in blue, green and yellow with a large scaly dragon pursuing a flaming pearl.  Provenance: Collection of Constantin von Hanneken (1854-1925) and thence by descent. ... [Lire la suite]