Rapport d'état

H 17 cm - Dia.: 19,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with minor superficial wear.

H 13,5 - L 9,3 cm (the Imari jug)

H 9,8 cm (the bowls with cover)

Dia.: 13,5 cm (the stands to the bowls with covers)

H 4,8 - Dia.: 8,8 cm (the Imari cups)

H 5,7 - L 19,2 cm (the sauce boat)

H 7,2 - Dia.: 12,8 cm (the bowl, possibly Jian, Song dynasty)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Black glazed bowl: rim chip.
- Verte biscuit dish: rim chip.
- Sauce boat: restored.
- Imari jug: two hairlines and a chip to the cover.
- Imari saucers: one with one, one with two hairlines.
- Imari cups: both excellent.
- Rice grain bowls: 3 excellent, 2 with a small outer rim chip, 1 with a 5 cm hairline.
- Rice grain covers: all excellent.
- Rice grain stands: almost all perfect, a few negligible 1 mm flakes on the rim.

Pauillac, 1er Cru Classé

Excellent levels and appearance, 11 bottles tissue wrapped, repacked from owc; Excellents niveaux et apparence, 11 bouteilles enveloppées de papier de soie, reconditionné a partir d'une caisse bois d'origine

 

Label Artist: Balthus

Lovely pretty scent. Very floral. A touch of acidity on the palate. Blackberries are the predominant fruit. Drink now. You see the quality of the terroir in a year like this. Serena Sutcliffe, MW

L 115,5 cm

Work: 49,5 x 27,5 cm

Frame: 67,5 x 46 cm

 

Provenance:

- Sotheby's Amsterdam, 19th Century European Paintings, 2 November 1992, lot 146. 

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in very good and hangable condition.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some small touch-ups (e.g. left top corner).