circa 1600

Lot 37. A Renaissance parcel gilt silver hunting beaker, Maker's mark only, attributed to Strasbourg, Emanuel Waltner, circa 1600. H 10.5 cm, weight 127 g. Estimate: €18,000 - €20,000. Courtesy Kunsthaus Lempertz Tapering fluted beaker on a flat basal ring. The outer surface engraved with strap- and scrollwork amid fruit garlands. With a small engraved frieze below the smooth lip depicting riders hunting rabbits. With a small owner's stamp “V” on the underside. Kunsthaus Lempertz KG. From Antiquity to Art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 6. A German silver-gilt cup and cover in the form of a bear, maker's mark only MV conjoined (the shield Melchior Bair), Augsburg, circa 1600; 19cm., 7 1/2 in. high; 594.7gr, 19oz. 2dwt. Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP. Lot sold: 56,700 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. on its haunches supporting a heraldic shield, with chained nose ring, beaded collar, the shield engraved with a Ducal coat-of-arms, the body, head and shield also with 1806-1810 Austrian control... [Lire la suite]

Lot 123. An Iznik pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1600; 10 5/8in. (27cm.) high. Estimate GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000 (USD 5,024 - USD 7,536). © Christie's Images Ltd 2020.  Of baluster form, short foot rising to a flaring trumpet mouth with straight handle, decorated with swaying vertical bands which alternate between a green double band and a red line over white ground, the neck with a band of small diagonal black lines, a band of blue leafy patterns below, with black highlights around the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 45. A rare early Mexican market blue and white jar, Wanli period, circa 1600; 14 ½ in. (36.8 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 193,750. © Christie’s Image Ltd 2020 With a large double-headed Augustinian eagle beneath a row of provincial buildings, lions and peacocks on the other panels. The Tibor Collection. Literature: William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p.115. Note: Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-98)... [Lire la suite]

Lot 301. An Iznik pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1560; 9 7/8in. (25cm.) high. Estimate GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000. Price realised GBP 61,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010.  Of baluster form rising from short, slightly splayed foot to tapering neck with everted mouth and shaped spout, simple handle leading from the mouth to the body, the white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, bole-red, green and black with rows of sailing vessels with striped blue sails, around them red and green stylised... [Lire la suite]

Lot 275. An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal-thread (çatma) panel, Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, circa 1600; 168 by 125.5cm. framed. Estimate: 12,000 - 15,000 GBP. Lot sold 15,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's. with a repeating design of metal-thread fan shaped carnations each with seven serrated petals, supported by palm leaves, on a crimson silk velvet ground, with a complementary border formed by the overlaying frame formed of two open stripes at both the inner and outer edges, mounted and set in plexiglass... [Lire la suite]

Lot 8. A scholar with his pupils in a rocky landscape, Persia, probably Khorasan, circa 1600, gouache and gold on paper, inner margins ruled in gold, blue, green and red, turquoise outer borders with gold floral illumination, 165 x 94 mm. Estimate: 6 000 GBP - 8 000 GBP. Sold for £ 25,062 (€ 29,120). Courtesy Bonhams. Bonhams. Islamic and Indian Art including Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art, London, October 22, 2019  

Lot 218. A calligraphic Iznik pottery tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1600; 13¼ x 13¼in. (33.8 x 33.8cm.). Estimate GBP 15,000 - GBP 20,000. Price realised GBP 35,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Of square form, the white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, bole-red and black with the upper right-hand corner of a black-outlined inscription in large white thuluthreserved against blue ground, the calligraphy within a turquoise outlined panel, around this a band of large flowerheads and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 233. A very large iznik pottery tile, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1600; 23 5/8 x 15in. (59.8 x 38.8cm.). Estimate GBP 30,000 - GBP 50,000. Price realised GBP 67,875. © Christie's Image Ltd 2013 Of rectangular shape, the white ground with repeated design painted in cobalt-blue and turquoise of central leafy palmettes surrounded by regular vine with saz leaves and rosettes, within cobalt-blue and turquoise border, some chipping around the edges, repaired break, small areas of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1314. A parcel-gilt bronze tripod censer, Wanli period, circa 1600; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2010. Cast in low relief with a band of flowers including prunus, magnolia, peony, lotus and chrysanthemum gilded and reserved on a diaper ground between bands of silver-inlaid key fret, raised on three gilt butterfly supports and with a gilt rectangular cartouche engraved Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi on the base. ... [Lire la suite]