1675-1725

Lot 32. A spherical gold jeweled box, India, 1675-1725; 1 3/8 ins. (3.5 cm.) high; 1 ½ ins. (3.9 cm.) diam.  Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, the interior and underside in plain gold. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.93, no.9. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p.82, no.52Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.156, no.119The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.176, no. 116The Palace Museum, Beijing... [Lire la suite]

Lot 31. A gold gem set box, possibly South India, 1675-1725; 1 ¼ ins. (3.1 cm.) high; 1 ½ ins. (3.9 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 32,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, the interior and base in plain gold. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.93-94, no.10. Exhibited: Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.156, no.118The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.176, no. 115The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.204, no.119 ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 359. A gold-inlaid and gem set jade flywhisk, North India, 1675-1725; 11 ¾ ins. (29.8 cm.) long; 1 1/8 ins. (3.5 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 50,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Set with rubies in gold, the interior of the head set with a silver disk, the terminal with rounded flower-bud surmounted with a small ruby. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.62, no.28. Exhibited: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014, pp.34-35The Miho Museum,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 260. A gem set jade hilted dagger with matching locket, North India or Deccan, 1675-1725; 15 ¼ ins. (38.5 cm.) long; 2 7/8 ins. (7.2 cm.) wide; locket 1 5/8 ins. (4.2 cm.) long; 1 7/8 ins. (4.9 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 60,000 - USD 80,000. Price realised USD 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Set with rubies and emeralds, rain guard decorated with a half sun motif in gold-damascened, steel blade. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.68, no.31 Exhibited: Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.121,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 153. A horse-headed gem set jade-hilted dagger (khanjar) with scabbard, signed Shir Ahmad, hilt: North India, 1675-1725; blade: circa 1750-1800; 16 5/8 ins. (42.8 cm.) long; 2 3/8 ins. (6.2 cm.) wide; scabbard 13 3/8 ins. (34.1 cm.) long. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The hilt set in the first half of the 19th century with rubies and pearls, watered-steel blade with running ball bearings, known as the 'Tears... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 179. A gem set jade hilted dagger (Khanjar) with matching locket, Deccan, Central India, 1675-1725. Estimate USD 100,000 - USD 150,000. Price realised USD 162,500. © Christie's Images Ltd Set with rubies and emeralds, watered-steel blade; 15 ½ ins. (39.5 cm.) long; locket 1 5/8 ins. (4.1 cm.) long; 2 ins. (5.1 cm.) wide. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.68, no.29. Exhibited: Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2015, p.91, no.42Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.127, no.98The... [Lire la suite]

Lot 209. An enamelled and gem set flywhisk set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, Deccan or North India, 1675-1725; 8 ¾ ins. (22 cm.) long. Estimate USD 200,000 - USD 300,000. Price realised USD 483,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Literature: Jaffer 2013, p.106, no.40. Exhibited: The Miho Museum, Koka 2016, p.95, no.65Grand Palais, Paris 2017, p.171, no.130The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.195, no.131The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, p.220, no.135de Young Legion of Honor, San... [Lire la suite]

Enameled Goblet, about 1500, Venice, Italy. Overall H: 16.2 cm; Rim Diam: 8.2 cm; Foot Diam: 10.1 cm. Accession Number: 79.3.185. Bequest of Jerome Strauss. The Corning Museum of Glass. CORNING, NY.- The Corning Museum of Glass has released its first-ever scholarly electronic resource, The Techniques of Renaissance Venetian Glassworking by artist and scholar, William Gudenrath. A culmination of a lifetime of research, this digital resource details the techniques used to make glass on Murano, Venice’s historic... [Lire la suite]

Pair of Bottles with Ladies. Porcelain, leaf mark, 1675-1725; Lids: 1812-1836. Porcelain with underglaze blue and Dutch lids. Respectively H: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm), H: 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm). Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters. These blue and white bottles depict ladies in European-style wigs. Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Pair of Blue and White Jars with Three Peonies and Symbols. Porcelain: Kangxi period,1675-1725; Mounts: mid 18th century. Porcelain with underglaze blue and French ormolu mounts, 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm).  Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters. 49.1023, 49.1024. The Walters Art Museum Provenance: William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.