Lot 46. An 'eel-skin'-glazed bottle vase, Qianlong six-character seal mark and of the period (1736-1795). Estimate GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000 (USD 12,180 - USD 18,270). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
The exterior and base are decorated with a yellowish olive-green glaze with darker speckles, supported on a short foot. 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) high.
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Lot 101. Un masque Gouro par le « Maître de Bouaflé». Estimation : 80 000 € / 150 000 €. Photo Cornette de Saint-Cyr.
Exceptionnel masque aux traits anthropomorphes caractéristique du style, yeux fendus surmontés d’un sourcil en relief, ligne bombée du front se prolongeant dans le petit retroussement du nez au dessus d’une fine bouche close esquissant un sourire. Le bas du visage est bordé par une fine collerette crantée partant de dessous les oreilles au tragus indiqué, s’achevant au centre du menton en une barbe tressée retombante. La coiffure finement sculptée de trois sections de motifs géométriques est encerclée par une belle natte partant de derrière l’oreille droite pour retomber avec ampleur de l’autre côté du visage. Une belle collerette est percée pour fixer un mors.
Superbe patine, ancien accident et recollage visibles au niveau du menton et de la base de la barbe. L. 36 cm .
Provenance : - Collections d’une famille Française de grands amateurs d’Art.
- Logiquement acquis dans les années 1920 – 1930 et conservé depuis dans la famille.
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Marie Cecile Thijs, Cat with White Collar© Marie Cecile Thijs, 2014
Marie Cecile Thijs, Cat with White Collar VI© Marie Cecile Thijs, 2014
Marie Cecile Thijs, Cat with White Collar II, 2013© Marie Cecile Thijs
Marie Cecile Thijs, Cat with White Collar I, 2009. Included in collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam© Marie Cecile Thijs
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Lot 37. An important Silesian Hochschnitt goblet and cover by Friedrich Winter, Hermsdorf, circa 1700. Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 (€67,000 - 89,000). Photo Bonhams.
Carved with the arms of Schaffgotsch, the thistle-shaped bowl deeply carved in Hochschnitt on a polished ground, the bowl with three reserved cartouches, one in high relief with the pine tree device used by the Schaffgotsch family surrounded by the engraved motto Aucun temps ne le Change(Untouched by Time), the other two cartouches engraved in Tiefschnitt with a dragon curled around a tree and a palm tree and an oak tree standing together, each reserved panel surrounded by acanthus scrolls alternating with three strap-like bands surmounted by demonic faces, the lower body embossed with a formal strapwork panels, set on a small merese above a baluster stem carved with further strapwork, another merese at the base, the wide circular foot cut with a band of stiff leaves and engraved with floral motifs, the cushion-shaped cover similarly carved in Hochschnitt with acanthus scrolls and strapwork, the ornament including an engraved dog, a bird, a squirrel and a sunflower, further stiff leaves encircling the pointed finial which is also embellished with formal leaves, 28cm high (2)
Notes: Although a number of Hochschnitt goblets of the same basic form are recorded, all with the arms of Schaffgotsch, each has different decoration and the carving within the reserves varies considerably. An example also with Tiefschnitt panels was sold by Bonhams on 21 May 2014, lot 40. Another very similar example in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich, is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Die Sammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Vol.II (1982), p.254, cat.769, figs.227-228. Compare also with the goblet in the J. Paul Getty Museum (see C. Hess and T. Husband, European Glass in the J. Paul Getty Museum (1997), cat. 68) and the example from the Otto Dettmers Collection, sold at Sotheby's, 23 November 1999, lot 57. A further goblet with the Schaffgotsch arms on a shorter stem was in the Klaus Biemann Collection sold by Bonhams, 26 November 2014, lot 7.
In 1687 Count Christoph Leopold von Schaffgotsch (1623-1703) granted Friedrich Winter a special privilege or patent to set up a glass-cutting workshop powered by water. This workshop specialised in Hochschnitt decoration creating in glass the appearance of highly-valued rock crystal. Under Schaffgotsch's patronage, Friedrich Winter's workshop created some of the most exciting glass objects in the Baroque taste. One of these, a goblet with the cipher of Count Christoph Leopold's son Johann Anton von Schaffgotsch, was also in the Klaus Biemann Collection, lot 6. The Dessau Goblet, a true masterpiece of Silesian Hochschnitt by Friedrich Winter was sold by Bonhams as part of the Mühleib Collection, 2 May 2013, lot 39.
Lot 38. A very fine Silesian Hochschnitt and Tiefschnitt goblet and cover, Hermsdorf, circa 1730. Estimate £3,000 - 4,000 (€3,300 - 4,400). Photo Bonhams.
The tapering bowl divided into four panels by vertical bands of Hochschnitt or relief carving of heavy baroque ornament, the resulting panels delicately engraved in Tiefschnitt with laub-und-Bandelwerk, floral and shell motifs, two of the panels containing allegorical figures standing by tiny pine trees, the cover carved with corresponding Hochschnitt and Tiefschnitt panels, the base of the bowl cut with a band of diamonds, on a fluted circular foot, 20.5cm high (foot chipped) (2)
Provenance: From the estate of a Swiss collector.
Note: This glass belongs to an important group of Silesian goblets and footed beakers with Hochschnitt and Tiefschnittengraving. A goblet in the Ernesto Wolf Collection is undoubtedly by the same hand as the present lot. This is discussed at length by Brigitte Klesse and Hans Mayr, European Glass from 1500-1800 (1987), cat. no.106 where a list of related examples is given. Some of these include pine trees in the decoration. The pine tree is the emblem of the Schaffgotsch family and strongly suggests that this group was made at the glassworks in Hermsdorf that continued under their patronage.
Lot 50. A fine Potsdam royal portrait goblet and cover, circa 1735. Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 (€3,300 - 5,600). Photo Bonhams.
Provenance: From the estate of a Swiss collector.
Note: For a very similar goblet in the Strasser Collection see Rudolf von Strasser and Walter Spiegl, Dekoriertes Glas (1989), p.280, fig.146. Another related example is in the Ernesto Wolf Collection, catalogue no.134.
Lot 511. A Zechlin armorial goblet and cover, circa 1730. Estimate £2,000 - 3,000 (€2,200 - 3,300). Photo Bonhams.
Provenance: From the estate of a Swiss collector.
Lot 3. An underglaze copper-red-decorated 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722). Estimate GBP 20,000 - GBP 40,000 (USD 24,360 - USD 48,720). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
The bowl is finely incised and decorated to the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.
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Lot 37. An iron-red decorated 'dragon' bowl, Kangxi six-character mark within a double-circle and of the period (1662-1722). Estimate GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000 (USD 6,090 - USD 9,744). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
The bowl is finely incised and decorated to the exterior with two striding five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam.
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Lot 145. A 3.20 carats Mogok, Burma pigeon blood red' oval-cut ruby and diamond ring. Estimate CHF 480,000 - CHF 550,000 (USD 485,581 - USD 556,395). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
Set with an oval-cut ruby, weighing approximately 3.20 carats, to the diamond-set shoulders, ring size 5 ½, mounted in platinum and gold.
Accompanied by report no. 16080077 dated 22 August 2016 from the Gübelin GemLab stating that the origin of the ruby is Burma (Myanmar), with no indications of heating, and that the colour may also be called 'pigeon blood red', also with two Information sheets on 'Rubies from Mogok, Burma' and 'Unheated rubies'.
Report no. 85550 dated 15 April 2016 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the origin of the ruby is Burma (Myanmar), with no indications of heating, and that the colour may also be called 'pigeon blood red'.
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Lot 114. An antique 7.77 carats cushion-shaped Burma 'pigeon blood red' ruby and diamond ring. Estimate CHF 300,000 - CHF 500,000 (USD 303,488 - USD 505,814). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
Set with an antique cushion-shaped ruby, weighing approximately 7.77 carats, between diamond-set shoulders, ring size 6, mounted in platinum.
Accompanied by report no. 86958 dated 18 July 2016 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the origin of the ruby is Burma (Myanmar), with no indications of heating, that the colour may also be called 'pigeon blood red'; and an Appendix letter on 'Exceptional ruby'.
Report no. 0503005 dated 7 March 2005 from the Gübelin GemLab stating that the origin of the ruby is Burma (Myanmar), with no indications of heating.
Please note that report no. 0503005 is over five years old and may require an update.
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Lot 123. An important Art Déco ruby and diamond bracelet, by Van Cleef & Arpels. Estimate CHF 300,000 - CHF 500,000 (USD 303,488 - USD 505,814). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
Designed as three lines of oval-cut rubies with diamond accents, interspersed with openwork geometric panels set with circular and baguette-cut diamonds, 1930, 18.3 cm, with French assay marks for platinum, in green suede Van Cleef & Arpels case. Unsigned, no. 33246.
Accompanied by report no. 87933 dated 21 September 2016 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the origin of 47 rubies is Burma (Myanmar), with no indications of heating; and that the origin of 1 ruby is Siam (Thailand), with indications of heating and minor residue.
Exhibited: Geneva, Van Cleef & Arpels boutique, 50 years of history, 14 November 2013 - 1 March 2014
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Lot 167. A pair of 5.77 and 4.61 carats Burma oval-cut ruby and diamond earrings. Estimate CHF 200,000 - CHF 250,000 (USD 202,326 - USD 252,907). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
Each oval-cut ruby, weighing approximately 5.77 and 4.61 carats, within a pear-shaped diamond surround, to the pear-shaped diamond surmount and diamond-set hook, 3.5 cm, mounted in gold
Accompanied by reports nos. 86442 and 86443 dated 27 June 2016 from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the origin of both rubies is Burma (Myanmar), with no indications of heating.
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Lot 146. A doucai'chicken' cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
with deeply rounded sides rising to a slightly everted rim, the exterior painted with chicken and chicks separated by blue rocks amidst flowers, all between blue borders around the rim and base, apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double square; 7.2 cm, 2 7/8 in.
Provenance: Dr. Hugh Shire (d. 1976), London.
Bonhams London, 7th November 2005, lot 28.
Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty (1644-1912), London, 1951, cat. no. 247.
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Lot 147. A doucai'Wang Xizhi' cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Estimate 30,000 — 50,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's.
delicately potted with deep rounded sides resting on a countersunk base, the exterior brilliantly enamelled with a continuous scene depicting Wang Xizhi dressed in a green robe, seated within a fenced garden and waited on by an attendant, gazing at a geese in the water, while another scholar and attendant look on nearby under a pine tree, the base with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark in underglaze blue within a double square; 6.2 cm, 2 3/8 in.
Provenance: Collection of P.J. Donnelly (d. 1978)..
Notes: Cups painted with this elegant design include one from the collection of Peter Boode, sold twice in these rooms, 2nd/3rd December 1974, lot 191, and 5th July 1977, lot 259; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30th November 2011, lot 3095.
For the prototype of this motif, see a pair of Chenghua mark and period cups, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu/ Ceramic Art of the World, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, pl. 56.
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Lot 29. A pair of doucai'peach' bowls, Kangxi six-character marks in underglaze blue and of the period (1662-1722). Estimate GBP 8,000 - GBP 12,000 (USD 9,744 - USD 14,616). Photo Christie's Images Ltd 2016.
Each bowl is decorated to the exterior with five peaches enclosing shoucharacters seperated by lingzhi sprays, between a band of pomegranates and lappets. The interiors each have a further peach with shou character amongst blossoming branches. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) diam..
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Square plate with floral décor. Copper, painted enamel, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722. National Palace Museum.
Plate with floral décor. Painted enamel on Yongle white ware, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722. National Palace Museum.
Teapot with symbols of longevity, Yixing earthenware, painted enamel, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722. National Palace Museum.