Encoignure en placage d’amarante et panneaux en laque de Chine, Epoque Régence

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époque Régence, encoignure, panneaux en laque de Chine, placage d'amarante

Encoignure en placage d’amarante et panneaux en laque de Chine, Epoque Régence. Estimation : 1 200 € / 1 400 €. Photo Aguttes

à réserves sur fond noir de paysages fleuris animés d’oiseaux ou de biches. La façade arrondie ouvre par deux portes forme. (quelques éclats et reprises au décor). Plateaux de marbre rouge mouluré. H : 92 – L : 63 – P : 44 cm.

AGUTTES, Tableaux Anciens, Mobilier et Objets d’Art (Neuilly), le 19 Février 2015 à 11h00. Tel:  01 47 45 55 55.

A Meissen blue and white flared cup, circa 1730-35, blue crossed swords and indistinct painter’s mark

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blue crossed swords mark, Blue-and-White, circa 1730-35, flared cup, Meissen

A Meissen blue and white flared cup, circa 1730-35, blue crossed swords and indistinct painter’s mark. Estimate £1,200 – £1,800 ($1,837 – $2,756). Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015

With loop handle, painted in underglaze blue with trailing Oriental flower-sprays, leafy branches and a bird in flight below a ribbed neck, on a short domed foot – 4½ in. (11 cm.) high

Christie’s. CHRISTIE’S INTERIORS, 24 February 2015, London, South Kensington

A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, gilder’s dots, Dreher’s mark to footrim of saucer

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blue crossed swords mark, Chinese figures, circa 1735, Dreher's mark, indianische Blumen, Laub-und-Bandelwerk, Meissen, teabowl and saucer

A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, gilder’s dots, Dreher’s mark to footrim of saucer. Estimate £1,500 – £2,000 ($2,297 – $3,062). Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015

Painted in the manner of C.F. Herold with Chinese figures within gilt quatrefoil cartouches issuing iron-red and puce scrolls, enclosing Böttger– lustre panels, further decorated with indianische Blumen, the rims with Laub-und-Bandelwerk border.

Christie’s. CHRISTIE’S INTERIORS, 24 February 2015, London, South Kensington

A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark, gilder’s 56H to saucer

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blue crossed swords mark, Chinese figures, circa 1730, indianische Blumen, Meissen, teabowl and saucer

A Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark, gilder’s 56H to saucer. Estimate £2,000 – £3,000 ($3,062 – $4,593). Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015

The teabowl painted with Chinese figures at play, the saucer with a group of figures seated at a table, with iron-red concentric line bands and indianische Blumen

Christie’s. CHRISTIE’S INTERIORS, 24 February 2015, London, South Kensington

Paire de vases rouleau en porcelaine de Chine polychrome, XVIIIe siècle

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Monture en bronze doré ciselé, porcelaine de Chine polychrome, vases rouleau, XVIIIe siècle

Paire de vases rouleau en porcelaine de Chine polychrome, XVIIIe siècle. Estimation : 7 000 € / 8 000 €. Photo Mercier & Cie

à décor de courtisanes. Monture en bronze doré ciselé de têtes d’aigles et motifs stylisés. H. : 21 cm

MERCIER & CIE. Grande Vente Cataloguée d’Art Classique, le 15 Février 2015 à 14h30. HÔTEL DES VENTES DE LILLE – 14, RUE DES JARDINS. Tel: +33 (0)3 20 12 24 24

‘Fantastical worlds. Painting on Meissen porcelain and German faience by Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck 1714–1754’ at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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1735, 1736-1737, 1741-1744, Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck, baluster vase, Bayreuth, circa 1730, Doppelkürbisvase, Fulda, Knöller period, lidded vase with yellow ground and mythical beast, Meissen, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, tankard, terrine with Sulkowski-Ozier-relief and Chinese characters

Löwenfinck gilt als berühmtester Keramikmaler des 18. Jahrhunderts.Rechte: Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatlich Museen zu Berlin;

DRESDEN – To mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck, the Porzellansammlung of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden presents a comprehensive exhibition of this artist’s oeuvre, bringing together around 100 selected porcelain and faience exhibits from the Dresden Porzellansammlung, private collections and renowned museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, Mannheim, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.- To mark the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Friedrich von Löwenfinck, the Porzellansammlung of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden presents a comprehensive exhibition of this artist’s oeuvre, bringing together around 100 selected porcelain and faience exhibits from the Dresden Porzellansammlung, private collections and renowned museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Reiss-Engelhorn Museum, Mannheim, and the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, plate, porcelain, Bayreuth, Knöller period, 1736-1737. Copyright: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg / Herbert Hunter

Inspired by the painted decoration on Chinese and Japanese porcelain in the collection of August the Strong, he created a fantastic world inhabited by vibrantly colourful, fabulous creatures. He later took these exotic motifs, as well as his knowledge of both East Asian and European flower painting, with him as he travelled, transferring them from one workplace to the next. As Löwenfinck did not sign his works, for a long time it was impossible to attribute them with any certainty: as a result, his oeuvre long remained completely unrecognised, even among specialists.

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, plate, Meissen, 1735. Copyright: Dresden State Art Collections / Jürgen Läsel

The life and works of this exceptional artist were the focus of several years of research conducted by the Porzellansammlung of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. The results of this project are now presented in a comprehensive anniversary exhibition. Systematic evaluation of archive sources, including manufactory reports and case files, shed light on previously little known aspects of social conditions in the porcelain and faience manufactories of the time, and enabled a fundamental and thorough reassessment of his work.

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, plate with ribbed trim. Copyright:Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München/Bastian Krack

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, plate with ribbed trim, detail. Copyright:Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München/Bastian Krack

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, baluster vase, porcelain, Meissen, circa 1730. Copyright: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg / Maria Tuszynska-Thrun

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, lidded vase with yellow ground and mythical beast, Meissen, 1734. Copyright: Dresden State Art Collections / Jürgen Läsel

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, lidded vase with yellow ground and mythical beast, Detail, Meissen, 1734. Copyright: Dresden State Art Collections / Jürgen Läsel

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, lidded vase, Meissen, 1734. Copyright: Dresden State Art Collections / Jürgen Läsel

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, lidded vase, Fulda, 1741-1744. Copyright: Reiss-Engelhorn Museums Mannheim, Photographer: Maria Schumann

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, Doppelkürbisvase, Fulda, 1741-1744. Copyright: Decorative Arts Museum, National Museums in Berlin, Saturia Linke

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, terrine with Sulkowski-Ozier-relief and Chinese characters, Meissen, 1734. Copyright: Berlin, private collection / Stefan Buchner

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, terrine with Sulkowski-Ozier-relief and Chinese characters, Detail, Meissen, 1734. Copyright: Berlin, private collection / Stefan Buchner

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, Vase from a set with erbsgrünem rear, interior shot, Meissen, circa 1730. Copyright: Dresden State Art Collections / Jürgen Läsel

Adam Friedrich Löwenfinck, Tankard, Bayreuth, Knöller period, 1736-1737. Copyright: Bavarian National Museum, Munich / Walter Haberland

Rare jeweled Chinese tribute clock to star at Bonhams

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18th century, Chinese Tribute Clock, tortoise shell and silver

An extraordinary 18th century tortoise shell and silver Chinese Tribute Clock, gilt-mounted and set with jewels. Estimate $80,000-120,000. Photo: Bonhams.

NEW YORK, NY.– The Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts & Clocks sale on 4 March at Bonhams New York features an extraordinary 18th century tortoise shell and silver Chinese Tribute Clock. The clock, gilt-mounted and set with jewels, is estimated at $80,000-120,000.

The Chinese Court first encountered European clocks in 1601, and developed a fascination for their beauty and mechanical complexity. Chinese artisans began to make clocks that set the most recent mechanical techniques from Europe within ornate cases which blended decorative elements from China and Europe. By the early 18th century, the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) had founded a workshop which employed Jesuit missionaries trained as clock-makers alongside their Chinese counterparts.

The present clock is a perfect illustration of these hybrid designs. Many of its decorative elements echo the work of the English maker, James Cox, but Chinese symbolism remains dominant: setting the dial in the lower half of a double gourd is a Chinese symbol of longevity, and Chinese characters which translate as ‘Great Auspiciousness’ are set in jewels above it. But the most intriguing element of the design is the caricature of four European figures who are depicted kneeling beneath the clock and bearing it as a tribute.

The clock’s finely chased scroll feet rest on a fluted hardwood turntable base, and the silver frieze champlevé is enameled with leafy flowering vines which conceal a drawer containing the engraved winding key. The double gourd is draped with paste-set garlands tied with ribbons, and the dial is set with roman chapters and gilt hands. It stands 19” (49.5cm) high.

“In the 18th century, clocks were articles of wealth and prestige. In addition to possessing these attributes, this clock presents a remarkable synthesis of European and Chinese design. The broad cross cultural appeal of clocks made for the Chinese market has created a worldwide demand for these unusual works of art,” says Jonathan Snellenburg, director of the Watches and Clocks department at Bonhams New York.

The clock will be on display during the auction preview from 28 February to 3 March.

A Chinoiserie polychrome and gilt four-fold leather screen, probably German, circa 1720

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Chinoiserie, circa 1720, polychrome and gilt four-fold leather screen, probably German

A Chinoiserie polychrome and gilt four-fold leather screen, probably German, circa 1720. Estimate 8,000 — 10,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby’s.

decorated with noble ladies and children in daily activities surrounded by birds and flowers, on a gilt ground,reduced in size and remounted – 206cm. high, 264 wide; 6ft. 9in., 8ft. 8in.

PROPERTY OF MEMBERS OF THE PRUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY

Notes: The widespread fashion for Chinese objects that sweptEurope in the late 17^th and early 18^th centuries influenced not only ceramics, furniture and textiles but also the production of leather which developed in Northern Europe under Spanish influence. England, the Netherlands and the German territories embraced leather as a decorative, practical, solid and reasonably priced material and Chinoiserie screens became particularly fashionable for themed rooms in this style.

The designs for these Chinoiserie leather screens would often emulated those made of real lacquer, as in the case of the present lot which replicates designs seen in contemporary Coromandel lacquer screens, further enhanced by over-scaled flowers, which seems to be a particularly German feature.

Sotheby’s. Of Royal and Noble Descent, London, 24 Feb 2015, 10:30 AM

An Emile Gallé (1846-1904) cut, enamelled and intercalaire glass ‘Japanesque’ vase, circa 1900

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'Japanesque' vase, circa 1900, Collection of Principessa Ismene Chigi Della Rovere, Emile Gallé, Escalier de Cristal

Collection of Principessa Ismene Chigi Della Rovere. An Emile Gallé (1846-1904) cut, enamelled and intercalaire glass ‘Japanesque’ vase, circa 1900. Estimate £6,000 – £10,000 ($9,048 – $15,080). Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015

The smoky glass vessel wheel-carved with a dragon and cut with a mon with engraved detail, highlighted in enamel and gilt, mounted on a bronze base, carved on vase E G with a Cross of Lorraine, signed E. Gallé à Nancy, engraved Escalier de Cristal; 6 in. (15.2 cm,.) high; 1 1/16 in. (18 cm.) wide

Christie’s. THE COLLECTIONS OF PRINCIPESSA ISMENE CHIGI DELLA ROVERE AND A NOBLE GENOESE FAMILY, 4 February 2015, London, South Kensington

A Chinoiserie black, gilt and polychrome leather four-fold screen, late 19th century

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black gilt and polychrome leather, Chinoiserie, Collection of Principessa Ismene Chigi Della Rovere, four-fold screen, late 19th century

Collection of Principessa Ismene Chigi Della Rovere. A Chinoiserie black, gilt and polychrome leather four-fold screen, late 19th century. Estimate £,000 – £1,500 ($1,508 – $2,262). Photo Christie’s Image Ltd 2015

Each panel depicting figures in a pavilion setting and foliate motifs, the reverse covered in scaled pink paper;55 ½ in. (141 cm.) high; 72 in. (183 cm.) wide

Christie’s. THE COLLECTIONS OF PRINCIPESSA ISMENE CHIGI DELLA ROVERE AND A NOBLE GENOESE FAMILY, 4 February 2015, London, South Kensington