Condition report

H 60,5 - 58 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The hexagonal vase with numerous baking flaws and leaning to one side.
- The square vase broken and reglued.

Dia.: 46 cm

Condition:
- Very good, with small rim chips and burst glaze bubbles.

H 52,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One cover excellent.
- One cover with the finial reglued.
- One vase excellent.
- One vase with a chip to the unglazed base.

H 6,5 cm - Dia.: 10,2 cm

Provenance:
- A Belgian private collection.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Two tight ca. 15 mm hairlines on the rim, otherwise in excellent condition.
- Thinly potted.

H 48,5 cm - Dia.: 32 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A hairline across the entire height.
- Small spots of glaze loss throughout.
(The starting price of this lot has been revised to 500 Euro)

Dia.: 22,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with a negligible small chip to the unglazed foot.

H 45,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both in excellent condition.

H 36,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both in excellent condition.

H 15 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A reglued break where the pink-enamelled neck meets the body, a baking flaw where the blue-enamelled neck meets the body, otherwise in good condition.

H 60 cm (the stand)
H 35 cm - Dia.: 39,5 cm (the jardinière)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A large star-shaped crack to the side of the jardinière.

Dim.: 18 x 15 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

H 69,5 - 66 cm (with and without stand)

Presented on later wooden stands.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One vase with a baking flaw on the inside, extending into a hairline towards the body from the rim, of ca. 10 cm.
- One cover quasi excellent, with a 3 mm flake on the rim.
- One vase excellent.
- One cover excellent.

H 95,5 - 84 cm (with and without stand)

 Condition: (UV-checked)
- One handle lacking the upper tail of the lion, also some loss to the enamel on that handle. A horizontal hairline is extending from this handle towards the applied dragon, which has a loss to one of the claws. 
- The other handle with some minor enamel loss, a baking flaw below and a short horizontal hairline extending towards the applied dragon. 
- There are also two glaze pits between the two applied dragons on one side.

H 25,5 - 22 cm (with and without stand)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both excellent.

H 7,5 cm - Dia.: 9,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One lid excellent.
- One lid with a small chip.
- Both bowls with a chip to the inside of the foot rim.

Dia.: 11,5 cm

Provenance:
- The reverse with an Alexander E Grace' (n°687) label. 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

Dia.: 38,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with a negligible ca. 4 cm superficial scratch, hardly visible and hardly worth mentioning.

Dia.: 28,5 cm 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A number of small superficial rim chips and burst glaze bubbles, and one spot of baking-related glaze loss just outside the central medallion. Otherwise in very good condition.

H 11 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One in excellent condition.
- One with small rim chips, otherwise excellent.
- Both executed in a very attractive shade of cobalt blue. 

H 20 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in very good condition.
- Small chips to the unglazed foot rim.
- A small chip visible to the inside of the neck, below the mount.

H 17 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

Dia.: 17 cm

Provenance:
- Ex-collection Ming-K'I Gallery, Waardamme, Belgium, there acquired by the current owners in 1993. With a certificate of authenticity by the Ming-K'I Gallery.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Very good, with typical minor superficial wear.

H 87,5 - 67 cm (with and without base)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both in good condition with normal minor superficial wear and occasional casting flaws.

H 118 cm

Elizabeth of Hungary, also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia.

Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death, she regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital where she herself served the sick. She became a symbol of Christian charity after her death in 1231 at the age of 24 and was canonized on 25 May 1235. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was an early member of the Third Order of St. Francis, and is today honored as its patroness.

Condition:
- Generally in good condition, with typical small losses and retouching to the polychromy throughout and age-related cracks to the wood, most notably on the back.
- Small holes to the back from an earlier fixation.
- Traces of old presence of woodworm to the underside, no woodworm actually present.

H 19 cm (the mortar)
H 9,5 - D 9,5 cm (the diya)
H 7 cm (the oil lamp excl. chains and charms)

Condition:
- The mortar: small dents on the rim and around the base, superficial wear and patination throughout.
- The diya: good, with normal minor superficial wear.
- The candle holder: important patination and superficial encrustation.

H 37,5 - L 30 cm

The original design by Reiche is preserved in the Cabinet des Estampes in Paris: modelled as Urania, the muse of astronomy, studying a celestial globe surrounded by attributes representing the sciences.

The dial marked 'Hunziker à Paris'.
The work inscribed with the numbers '5' and '55'.

Ref.:
- Pierre Kjellberg, 'Encyclopédie de la pendule française', p. 396.
- Elke Niehüser, 'French bronze clocks', p. 91.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The mantel clock in very good condition, with the usual superficial wear, especially to the globe. Fine quality.
- The dial with minor traces of use. One hand missing.
- The springs tested and tension is present (key also present).
- Negligible chips to the vert de mer marble base.
- Protective glass at the back missing.

H 15,5 cm

Condition: 
- Excellent, with a small chip to the tip of the finial and a small chip to the broad rim below the pierced upper section.

Work: 39 x 24,5 cm 
Frame: 52,5 x 37,5 cm

The original lithograph served as a poster for his solo exhibition at the Salon des Cent in Paris and was published by the French magazine La Plume. The Ensor exhibition came about at the initiative of Ensor's friend Eugène Demolder. The exhibition ran from December 15, 1898, to January 15, 1899, at no. 31 rue Bonaparte. The depiction of Christ surrounded by tormenting devils is derived from the drawing 'Devils Tormenting Me' from 1888 (Chicago, The Art Institute), later reworked in the etching of the same name (inv. 1998-B-92) and the lithograph of the same name, both from 1895. (link)

With a dedication to August Van Yper—presumably added later ('Pour August Van Yper James Ensor'). August Van Yper was an amateur artist. He became best known for his loyal service to James Ensor. Van Yper worked for and lived in James Ensor's house. Even after Ensor's death, he was allowed to remain in his home and received and guided visitors around in a personal manner. (link)

The offered lithograph is a later reissue of the original poster.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The lot in general in average and hangable condition, with some tears and folds.
- Framed behind plexi.
- Not inspected outside the frame.
- See also the additional pictures.