Rothschild Collection

Lot 290. A carved sapphire Hindu saint of 37.82 carats, 18th century. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  Depicting a Hindu saint, carved sapphire of 37.82 carats, 1 1/8 in. Provenance: Maurice de Rothschild, Paris; on deposit at the Banque de Paris, from where it was confiscated by the Devisenschutz-Kommando following the Nazi occupation of Paris; Transferred to the Jeu de Paume (Einsatztab Reichsleiter Rosenberg... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. A goshawk, Mughal India, 18th century, the borders signed by Daulat, 17th century. Opaque pigments and gold on paper, signed on the lower inner gold margin, within cream album leaf painted with flowers, backed on cream card. Painting 7 ½ x 4 ½ ins. (19 x 11.5 cm.); folio 12 7/8 x 8 ins. (32.6 x 20.2 cm.). Estimate USD 80,000 - USD 120,000. Price realised USD 106,250. Christie's Images Ltd 2019  Provenance: The Rothschild collection, Paris.Confiscated from the above... [Lire la suite]

Lot 51. A pair of Chinese verte-imari armorial wine coolers for the Portuguese market, Kangxi period, circa 1720; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000 (USD 75,960 - USD 101,280).Price realised GBP 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Each colourfully decorated and highlighted in gilt with the coat-of-arms for the Sampaio e Melo family, surrounded by floral sprays and separated by a pair of gilt-bronze lion-mask and loose ring handles. Provenance: Probably commissioned for Francisco... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 49. A Louis XV ormolu-mounted chinese celadon porcelain vase, the porcelain Kangxi period (1662-1722), the mounts mid-18th century; 23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) high; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000 (USD 50,640 - USD 75,960).Price realised GBP 212,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 The baluster body incised with peonies on an overall of stylised foliage, the cover with berried finial on pierced frieze, flanked by scrolled foliate handles headed by double shells, on a broad... [Lire la suite]

Lot 28. Léonard Limosin (circa 1505-1575/1577), 1548, Tazza with the coat of arms of Castile and Leon; 7½ in. (19 cm.) diameter; 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 90,000 (USD 75,960 - USD 113,940).Price realised GBP 75,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Parcel-gilt polychrome enamel; signed with initials 'LL' in a gilt cartouche to the underside of the bowl; the bowl with two coats of arms supported by putti and with cartouche below dated '1548'; the underside of the foot with paper labels... [Lire la suite]

Lot 27. Léonard Limosin (circa 1505-1575/1577), 1536, Tazza lid with scenes depicting the battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs; Estimate GBP 25,000 - GBP 40,000(USD 31,650 - USD 50,640). Price realised GBP 52,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Polychrome enamel on copper; the top with a continuous scene of the Battle of the Lapiths and the Centaurs and inscribed around the rim 'HOSTIBVS EVENIANT COVIVIA TALIA NOSTRI'; signed and dated 'LEONARDVS/ LEMOVICVS/ INVETOR. 1536'; the underside of the lid with two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. Pierre Reymond (1513–1584), Limoges, circa 1560, Tazza depicting an allegory of Virtue and Honour; 9 1/8 in. (22.9 cm.) diam.; 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 90,000 (USD 75,960 - USD 113,940). Price realised GBP 68,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019 Parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; the interior of the bowl signed 'P.R' and with three figures, one inscribed 'HONEVR' and the other 'VERTV', with a banner inscribed 'HONEVR. ME. SVIT. LA. ON VERTV. ME. GVIDE'; the underside of the... [Lire la suite]

Lot4. Léonard Limosin (circa 1505-1575/1577), 1567, Charger depicting the Israelites gathering the manna from Heaven; 18¼ x 14½ in. (46.3 x 36.7 cm.). Estimate GBP 120,000 - GBP 180,000 (USD 151,920 - USD 227,880). Price realised GBP 237,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Parcel-gilt polychrome enamel; the central scene surrounded by a frame decorated with cartouches containing profile heads; signed and dated in a gilt cartouche at bottom '1567/ LEONARD/ LIMOSIN'; the reverse with strapwork decoration... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3. Pierre Reymond (1513-1584), Limoges, circa 1560-1570, Tazza depicting Venus learning of Cupid's plight; 9. 3/8 in. (23.9 cm.) diam.; 3. 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 70,000 - GBP 100,000 (USD 88,620 - USD 126,600). Price realised GBP 87,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019. Parcel-gilt grisaille enamel; the underside of the foot with a red seal and paper labels inscribed 'UNION/ …/ CENTRALE', 'R', one label inscribed 'G/ H.60.' and 'F 32'. Provenance: Baron Gustave de Rothschild... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A German large silver-gilt cup and cover, the 17th century elements of the cup assembled in the 19th century with some later additions, struck with spurious marks; 19.¼ in. (48.9 cm.) high; 6.¼ in. (15.9 cm.) diameter, 34 oz. 3 dwt. (1,063 gr.). Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000 (USD 12,660 - USD 18,990). Price realised GBP 40,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.  On raised gadrooned foot surmounted by a baluster vase-shaped stem cast with grotesque masks and applied with three... [Lire la suite]