Condition report

40 x 33 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, with minor superficial wear.

 

38,8 x 31,7 cm

Condition: Very good, a few burst glaze bubbles on the rim.

H 10,4 - L 37,3 - D 28,5 cm

Condition: Excellent.

H 56,5 cm

Condition:
- One with an 8 cm hairline on the rim and a flake to the glaze.
- One with a 10 cm hairline on the rim and a long hairline to the body.

H 58,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Top rim with a restored break with related overspraying.

- Superficial wear to the gilt decoration and minor baking flaws.

- Bottom rim with a small hairline of ca. 4 cm and minor chips.

 

H 42,5 cm

Condition:
- Good, but with some flakes to the overglaze enamels.

H 19 - L 27,7 cm (the teapot and cover)

H 13 cm - Dia.: 14,5 cm (the sugar bowl)

H 10,8 - L 17 cm (the milk jug)

Condition:
- Milk jug: handle broken and restuck.
- Sugar bowl: filled rim chip with hairline.
- Teapot:faint glaze line just below the spout, small chip to the tip of the spout.

H 60 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both lids in very good condition.
- One vase in very good condition.
- One vase with a vertical hairline down from the rim of ca. 18 cm, with traces of old restoration on the inside and rim.

Dia.: 24,6 cm

Ref.: N. de Castro, Chinese Porcelain and the Heraldry of the Empire, Porto, 1988, p. 253 illustrates a plate from this service, which was made for the anniversary of Vasco da Gama's famous 1497-1499 journey. One of Vasco da Gama's ships, whose name is unknown, was abandoned at the Cape of Good Hope, and therefore shown on the present lot are the São Gabriel, the Berrio, and the São Rafael, which successfully completed the journey.

Condition: Excellent.

Dia.: 20 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Five in excellent condition.
- One with a small rim chip.
- One with a small rim chip with short hairline.
- One with a few small rim chips.
- One with enamel loss and two 4 cm hairlines.
- One with a 4 cm hairline and a related chip on the back.

Dia.: 25,5 - 25 cm (the largest and the smallest plate)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- From the set of four matching plates: two excellent, two with a superficial 3 mm rim chip.
- The other two: one with minor enamel loss and a very small rim chip, one with important enamel loss.

H 25,7 - L 27 cm (the teapot and cover)

Dia.: 21 - 20,2 cm (the two plates)

H 3,7 - L 22 - D 18 cm (one of the three rectangular dishes)

H 4,6 - L 21,5 - D 17,5 cm (one of the three rectangular dishes)

H 4 - L 21 - D 17,5 cm (one of the three rectangular dishes)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The teapot: reglued rim chip.
- The single tray: important hairline.
- The celadon ground pair: both with some restoration to rim chips.
- One plate with a restored rim chip, one with a long hairline.

 

H 14 - L 19,5 cm

H 12 - L 18 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The round one: the cover with multiple small chips and glaze chips to the rim, the bowl with a hairline of 6 cm, one of the handles with a baking flaw. Furthermore in good condition.

- The oval one: in good condition.

H 40,5 - 29,2 cm

Condition:
- Both in good condition.

Dia.: 34,6 - 34 cm (the dishes)

H 30 cm (the vase)

H 13,2 - Dia.: 15 cm (the bowl and cover)

H 7,3 - L 14,3 cm (the milk jug)

H 6 cm (the cups)

Condition:
- The vase with a chip to a corner and minor enamel loss.
- The dish with the blue bat on top: two hairlines and a faint glaze line to the center.
- The floral rim dish excellent.
- The cups: good, one small chip each.
- The milk jug: small chip.
- The bowl and cover: almost excellent, two flakes to one of the handles.

H 32,8 - 25,8 cm

Dia.: 20,5 - 20,2 cm

Condition:
- The tallest with rim chips.
- The smallest restored.
- The plates boh good.

H 62 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One vase excellent.
- One vase quasi excellent, with a cross-shaped glaze line visible on the inside only.

H 22,4 cm - Dia.: 58 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A restored break across, one of the two halfs also with a restored internal break.

Dia.: 20 cm

Condition: Excellent.

H 62 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The lid with restoration to the unglazed inner rim.
- The vase with a large round chunk of the upper body broken out and restuck, with restoration along the break. The rim with a 4 cm hairline.

H 12 cm (the tea caddy)

H 11 - L 15 cm (the teapot and cover)

Condition:
- Caddy and lid: both excellent.
- Teapot: small repairs to the branches on the base.
- Teapot lid: minor fritting, otherwise excellent.

Dia.: 29,2 - 28,9 cm

Condition:
- Both with staple-repaired breaks.
- One with two further hairlines.

Dia.: 29 - 28,5 cm

Condition:
- The one on the right with a star-shaped hairline to the centre.
- The one on the left with numerous rim chips, some with traces of old repair.

Dia.: 22,5 - 22 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One excellent.
- One with a baking-related glaze line to the base and a tight glaze line on the rim, otherwise good.

H 8 - Dia.: 19,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent. A negligible 2 cm glaze line to the base, caused by a baking flaw, not visible on the interior of the bowl.

Provenance:
- A French private collection.
- The collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony.

These marks are referred to as Johanneum marks, inventory marks added to porcelain belonging to the collection of Augustus the Strong. The first inventory was made in 1721.
The inventory numbers were painted in black, or cut through the glaze with a glass cutter's wheel and blackened. (as on our example)
In some cases the numbers have only been drawn in ink and have by natural causes been washed away.

The term 'Johanneum' was taken from the building in Dresden to which the royal collection was moved in 1875-76.

H 32 cm

Condition:
- A tight hairline down from the rim at the back, mostly visible on the inside.
- Tight glaze lines around the handle.
- Glaze loss to the low section of the handle.
- Traces of gilding.

H 10 cm (the cup, incl. the mount)

H 3,8 cm (the cups)

Dia.: 11,2 cm (the saucer)

Condition:
- The bronze-mounted cup: good.
- The landscape cup: good.
- The pink ground cup: V-shaped hairline and small rim chips.
- Cup and saucer: saucer with two chips, cup in good condition.

Dia.: 35,5 cm

Condition: Restored rim chip with related 6 cm hairline at 4 o'clock.

Dia.: 22,5 cm

Condition: Quasi excellent, with two small flakes to the underside of the rim.

H 9,8 cm - Dia.: 23 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with a negligible flake to the pink enamel just below the rim.

H 17,5 - L 11,5 cm (the stand)

H 10 - L 10 cm (the jugs)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both jugs in very good condition. Typical wear to the gilding. The tips of the spouts with typical baking irregularities.
- The stand quasi excellent, apart from a small spot of rubbing to the center.
- The lids quasi excellent with minor baking irregularities.

39 x 32,8 cm (the stand)

32,4 x 24 x 23 cm (the tureen and cover)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover in excellent condition.
- The tureen in nearly excellent condition, with a few small baking flaws, and two very small superficial glaze flakes just above the foot (hardly worth mentioning).
- The stand in excellent condition.

Dia.: 35,6 cm

Condition: In good condition, with fritting and small rim chips.

H 17 cm (total height)

Condition:
- Vase quasi excellent with a faint glaze line to the unglazed upper rim.
- The lid and base both in very good condition.

H 43,5 - 39 cm

Condition: Both severely damaged and incomplete.

H 6,1 - 3,5 cm (the tallest and the smallest cup)

Condition: (left to right)
- (1) Very small rim chip.
- (2) Excellent.
- (3) 3 cm hairline.
- (4) Long hairline, chips to base.
- (5) Quasi excellent, 1 mm flake to the rim.
- (6) A few small rim chips and one 2 cm hairline.
- (7) Two small flakes on the rim.

H 11,8 - 7,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The smallest with a baking flaw on the rim, otherwise excellent.
- The tallest with a 5 mm hairline on the rim.

Dia.: 23,5 cm

Condition: Generally good, with crazing throughout and degradation to the glaze.

Ref.:

- A similar plate is part of the collection of The British Museum (link).

H 23 - 18,6 - 10 cm

Condition:
- All three with minor wear and scuff marks, overall in good condition.

H 12 cm - Dia.: 26 cm

Condition: Very good, with some minor scuff marks.

H 7,4 - Dia.: 13 cm (the largest tea bowl)

H 4,9 - Dia.: 10 cm (the smallest tea bowl)

H 5,6 - Dia.: 16,5 cm (the censer)

Condition:
- The largest bowl: good condition, with superficial wear.
- The smallest bowl: good, superficial wear, the surface very worn.
- The censer: good condition, with superficial wear.

H 37,2 cm

Condition:
- Overall very good to excellent, with minor superficial wear. Some age-related splits to the wood as visible.
- The sculpture produces a noise when you twist it, indicating it could have something hidden inside.

H 20,5 cm (the vase)

H 7 cm (the snuff bottle)

 Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both excellent.

 

The vase with a yushang ding zhi mark.

115 x 43 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The embroidery in general in rather good condition with some stains, some tears, wear and minor dirt (see pictures). 

Work: Dia.: ca. 24,5 cm

Frame: Dia.: 30 cm

Condition: Losses and staining throughout, as well as a central fold.

H 90 - 88 cm

Condition:
- Both generally in good stable condition.
- Both with small losses and cracks throughout, visibly reinforced with glue along most of the underside of the upper part.
- The marble tops worn but still of uniform appearance.

H 44,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, with negligible superficial wear.

Dia.: 29 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, with the normal superficial wear. Minor (glaze) chips and fritting to the rim (see additional pictures).

H 60,5 - 58 cm

Condition:
- The tallest with a 5 cm hairline.
- The smallest with a star-shaped hairline in the base.

Dia.: 19,3 - 15,3 cm (the largest and the smallest plate)

Condition:
- All in excellent condition. One from the set of three with a baking flaw on the rim.

H 23,8 - 12 cm (the vase and the brush pot)

H 5,2 - Dia.: 18,2 cm (the bowl)

Condition:
- The vase with a large crack.
- The bowl and the brushpot excellent.

H 42,2 cm (total height of the hat stand with the bird)

H 28,7 cm (the hat stand with figures in a landscape)

H 8 cm (the bowl)

Condition:
- The bowl with a 4 cm hairline.
- The hat stand with figures with a baking flaw along the base.
- The lamp-mounted hat stand

H 46 - 41 cm (incl. the mounts)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The bottle with a small flake with related hairline just below the mount.
- The crackle-glazed vase in good condition.
- Both drilled for wiring.

H 20 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One jar and one lid excellent.
- One jar very good with a small superficial chip to the base.
- One lid with glaze loss and small rim chips.

H 45 - 44,5 cm

Condition:
- One cover excellent.
- One cover with a small reglued rim chip.
- One vase with a hairline through the base.
- One vase with a reglued chip and a hairline.

H 30,5 cm

Condition: Very good.

H 34,7 cm

Condition: Excellent.

H 60,7 cm

Condition: Very good, with a very small chip on the rim.

H 44 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One lid excellent, one lid with two rim chips.
- One vase excellent.
- One vase with a 3 cm hairline on the rim.

H 66 - 64,3 cm (the tallest and the smallest vase with base)

H 59,7 - 59,5 cm (the tallest and the smallest vase without base)

Condition:
- The vase on the right quasi excellent with a few baking flaws.
- The vase in the middle with a small superficial flake on the rim and a few burst glaze bubbles.
- The vase on the left excellent.

H 38 cm

Condition: Three hairlines on the rim of ca. 4 cm each.

H 61,7 cm

Condition: A crack around the base with traces of repainting.

H 61,5 cm

Condition: A small rim chip and some glaze loss around the base, otherwise good.

H 45 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Repair and reglued breaks to the rim, with an associated hairline of ca. 7 cm.
- A few glaze flakes to the lower edge of the everted rim.

H 24,8 cm

Condition:
- One lacking both handles and with a large rim chip.
- One with the tail of one beast lacking and the tail of the other reglued.

H 32,3 cm

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

H 44 cm

H 13 - Dia.: 15,5 cm

Condition:
- The jardinière excellent.
- The vase broken and reglued.

H 61,3 cm (the tall vase)

H 36 - 37 cm (the pair)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The tall vase excellent but with a drilled hole through the base.
- The prunus cover good, but with baking flaws.
- The peony cover excellent.
- The pale blue vase excellent.
- The dark blue vase with a rim chip

H 34,8 cm

Condition: Excellent.

H 47 cm (the vases with covers)

H 59 - 44 - 26 cm

Condition:
- The tallest with a repaired section to the rim.
- The pair of vases and covers in good condition.
- The smaller blue and white in good condition.
- Smallest: drilled hole.

Dia.: 24,5 cm

Condition: Both excellent.

Dia.: 24 - 23 cm (the largest and the smallest plate)

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 都是全品。

Dia.: 25,1 - 23,3 - 21,2 cm

Condition:
- Plate on the left: a few small flakes on the rim.
- Plate in the middle: excellent.
- Plate on the right: excellent.

H 67 cm

 

The base inscribed with the number '(2)'.

Probably a later cast. 

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Brussels, Belgium.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture in very good condition, with the normal wear.

- Probably a later cast.

H 24 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good condition, with the normal superficial wear, traces of use and minor oxydation.

Work: 50,5 x 32 cm

Board: 58,5 x 40 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good condition, with negligible wear and two very small touch-ups.

- Unframed. 

 

Work: ca. 60,5 x 43 cm

Frame: 76,3 x 60 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good and hangable condition.

- Not inspected outside the frame.

- A small wrinkle in the paper at the bottom and some paper discoloration. 

H 32,5 - L 119,5 - D 100 cm

Condition:
- The base stripped of its upholstery.
- Visible signs of wear throughout.
- The stone plaque in the middle slightly loose.
- The surface with brown liquid staining throughout.
- Overall in good condition.

 

H 19 - 16,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The tallest one in very good condition, with superficial wear. Not quite perfectly finished at the bottom.

- The smallest one in good condition, with some wear. The top slightly shortened. 

H 54,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both vases are in good condition. There are a few superficial chips around the base of each vase as visible.

H 49 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Generally in good condition, with some scratch marks and wear to the patination throughout.

H 28,7 - 26,5 cm (incl. the base)

 

Both sculptures marked 'Réduction mécanique A. Collas breveté'. One sculpture inscribed with the number '14' and one with the number '95'.

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection H. Luppens, Brussels, Belgium.

- Private collection, Belgium.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both busts in very good condition, with the normal wear and tear and traces of use.

- The bust on the right side with a negligible black patine related line on the left side.

- Both basis with negligible superficial chips.

 

12,8 x 11,5 cm

Condition:

- Lacking the suspensions loop on the back.

- The left hing connector between lid and font resoldered.

- Otherwise in good condition. Typical minor superficial wear.

- Closing properly, the lid not bent or warped, but the lid slightly moveable due to a small missing section of the hinge.

44,8 x 35,6 cm (Saint Nicholas)

44,4 x 37,3 cm (Christ Pantocrator)

 

Condition: (UV-Checked)

- Saint Tikhon of Kaluga: in good condition, with some minor damage to face and hands (mainly at the intersection of the two panels) and very minor overpaint. The copper riza/oklad with the usual minor wear and small dents to the side.

- Christ Pantocrator: in good condition, with wear and some damage, in particular on the bottom side (some minor parts missing and some holes).

- Both icons with no missing backslats.

 

Work: 68,5 x 54 cm

Frame: 91,5 x 77,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting without doubt in good and hangable condition. Good quality. 

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some retouches here and there (see also the additional pictures: minor retouching in the sky, along the typical horizontal lines of the panel).

- Panel with a usual hairline in the right part of the right half.

- The work is signed.

Work: 75 x 63 cm

Frame: 105,5 x 92,5 cm

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium, Nazareth.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good and hangable condition.

- Nicely framed.

- The usual minor wear to the borders due to the framing.

-  The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish. 

- When adding the varnish, a small number of hairs from the brush got stuck in the varnish.

- On the left, between the middle and the top, a small black line (hardly) visible.

- A very tiny hole in the canvas at the top, hardly to not visible with the naked eye (the size of a thumbnail).

 

Work: 56 x 46 cm

Frame: 65 x 55 cm

 

Provenance:
- The collection of a Belgian noble family.
- Gifted to a nanny upon retirement.
- Thence by descent to the present owner.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

 - The work in general in good and hangable condition.

- Relined (because of a hole in the original canvas on the right side).

- A small missing part of the canvas in the left top corner.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some minor overpaint, especially in the upper part.

- The usual minor wear to the borders due to the framing.

 

Work: 65,5 x 53 cm

Frame: 102,5 x 90,5 cm

 

The reverse with various writings referring to Jacob Jordaens. Despite several references to Jacob Jordaens (see also: Ref.:), the work seems to us to be more French in nature.

 

Ref.:

- Added a copy of an expertise by Prof. W. Vogelsang, dated 1952, who attributed the work to the Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens.

- The work part of the exhibition 'Bruisend realisme', Roeselare, November 15-24, 1996, n° 16. The work published as a work by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), depicting the presumed portrait of Philippe de Champaigne (pp. 41-43).

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Vente Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 1969.

- Ex-collection art dealer Eric Loncke, Roeselare, 1972. 

- Private collection, Belgium.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in general in good and hangable condition, with a faint network of craquelures.

- Relined.

- Transformed from an oval work to a rectangular painting.

- Minor mold stains.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some retouches here and there (in different phases).

- See also the additional pictures (UV-photos). 

Work: 90 x 70 cm

Frame: 113,5 x 94,8 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in general in good and hangable condition. Would benefit from some cleaning and restoration. 

- Some minor overpaint (especially to the connection of the parts of the panel) and some older restorations.

- UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish.

- Some minor flaking paint.

- Minor damage to the left border of the panel (at the height of the kneeling man). A scratch in the right bottom corner.

Work: 49 x 45,5 cm

Frame: 60 x 56,3 cm

 

The right bottom corner with a difficult to read signature (and date?).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- This intriguing painting in very good and hangable condition.

- UV-light shows the typical colour of the varnish, no restoration can be seen.

- With a beautiful faint network of craquelures, the normal and negligible wear to the borders due to the framing, negligible flaking paint and the left bottom corner with a hardly visible dent.

H 41 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The vase on the left with a part of the rim restored with related overpainting. The body with a restored circular break with related overpainting.
- The vase on the right hand side with a part of the top rim restored with related overpainting and both handles reattached with related overspraying. The base with a star-shaped hairline.

H 62,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase with a flake under the rim and the base completely oversprayed.
- The second vase with a reglued break to the rim and two vertical hairlines in the middle.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 第一个花瓶口沿下一个飞皮，底喷漆。
- 第二个花瓶口一个破裂修复，炸肚两条。

Dia.: 34,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 48 - 45,5 cm

Condition:
- The covered vase: finial on the cover broken and reglued. The vase with a 4 cm hairline.
- The lamp-mounted vase lacking the base, otherwise good.

H 13,6 - 10,5 cm (the biggest and smallest brush pot)

W 20 - D 15,7 - H 6,3 cm (jardinière)

14,5 x 11,7 cm (pillow)

Dia.: 22,3 - H 7,5 cm (bowl)

Condition:
- Bowl: hairline and chips.
- Jardinière: chips.
- Pillow, brush pots: all excellent. Largest brush pot with two burst glaze bubbles on the rim.

Dia.: 24,5 cm

H 20 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- One of the vases with a reglue chip to the top rim and a small missing part on the inside of the top rim. Furthermore in good condition.

- The second vase with a reglued break to the top rim with related hairline of 4,5 cm and a small missing part. Furthermore in good condition.

- The plate with a hairline of 4,5 cm and negligible wear to the gilt decoration. Furthermore in good condition.

H 7,4 cm - Dia.: 12,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good to perfect condition, with a small baking flaw to the bottom.

H 58 cm

Condition: Excellent.

H 57,8 - 57,2 cm

Condition:
- One with a hairline to the side of ca. 10 cm and a star-shaped hairline to the base.
- One in good condition with a few minor baking flaws.

H 60 cm

Condition: Excellent.

H 41,5 - 34,8 - 26 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- All pieces in excellent condition.

H 4,9 cm - Dia.: 6 cm

 

The decoration shows two dragons chasing the flaming pearl, a recurrent motif in Chinese art, with the pearl representing the attainment of wisdom, power or immortality.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both in very good condition, with negligible superficial wear. 

H 28,5 cm

The seal reading 'The qilin's footprints are a sign of prosperity' (Davison, no. 2275).
The phrase, linzhi chengxiang, implies a wish for many sons. The mark is usually encountered on high quality Republic wares.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both excellent.

H 32,5 - 30 - 29,5 cm (the three vases)

H 33,5 - 33,5 - 25 cm (the figures)

Condition:
- The pair of fahua jars in good condition. One with a small chip to the unglazed inner rim. Both with a few very small superficial chips and some wear to the glaze throughout.
- The flambé vase in good condition.
- The seated figure lacking the fingers.
- The pair of figures in excellent condition.

H 9,2 - Dia.: 21,4 cm

Condition:
- A rim chip with a related hairline, and another ca. 5 cm hairline.

H 31,5 - 24,5 cm (with and without stand)

 

 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with a few superficial flakes throughout.

品相报告：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，几处轻微的小飞皮。

H 15,8 cm (the jar and cover)

H 12,3 cm (the vases)

H 12,2 cm (the brush pot)

Condition:
- Brush pot: excellent.
- Pair of vases: one excellent, one with a very small rim chip/
- Jar and cover: excellent.

 

H 44 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In good condition, apart from a spider-shaped hairline to the base.

H 32 - 30,5 cm

Condition:
- Two covers with rim chips, one intact.
- One of the covered vases in good condition, one with a hairline and one with the neck reglued.
- One sleeve vase excellent, one with a small rim chip.

H 42,5 - L 41,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 37,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The vase in very good condition, with minor superficial wear.

 

H 118 - L 70,5 - D 61 cm

Condition: Generally good, with some discoloration, areas of spacing and minor glue-strengthened sections visible on the base. Slightly unstable, it could use a mild restoration.

Signed Knosp, Hanoï, on the bottom of the marble top.

H 36 cm

Weight: 3494 gr

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The Buddha in very good condition, with minor superficial wear, patination and rust marks.
- A few negligible minor casting flaws around his neck, right hand and to two pillars between the two small figures at the front.

品相報告：（已用紫外線光檢查）
- 佛像整體狀況非常良好，正常磨損和生鏽痕跡。
- 在佛像脖子，右手和正面中間的柱子上有一些因鑄造產生的小瑕疵。

Various dimensions.

Condition:
- Blanc de Chine vase: very good.
- Guanyin: head reglued.
- Small blue and white vase: reduced with metal mount.
- The small bowl with calligraphy: rim chips and a small hairline.
- Landscape bowl: 2 chips.
- Dragon bowl: hairline.
- Grasshopper bowl: rim chip.
- Pair of plates: excellent.
- Dog: restored paws.
- Yixing wares: both very good.

H 17,5 cm - L 17 cm (the tallest jug)
H 13 cm - Dia.: 12 cm (the censer)

H 5 cm - Dia.: 18,5 cm (the largest bowl)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The covered ewer generally in very good condition with a small superficial chip to the rim and spout.
- The smallest ewer with the spout broken and then reglued, and a baking flaw to the rim.
- The third ewer in excellent condition.
- The smallest bowl with a restored hairline and two refilled chips to the rim.
- The biggest bowl in good condition with a refilled baking flaw on the inside, invisible on the outside.
- The censer in good condition, with some crazing and typical baking flaws throughout.

H 5 - Dia.: 14,6 cm

 

Provenance: (UV-condition)

- In very good condition, with the normal superficial wear.

H 18,5 cm (the wall vase)

H 16 cm (the brown glazed jug and cover)

H 9 cm - Dia.: 10 cm (the censer)

H 2,5 cm - L 10,5 cm (the ear cup)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The censer in quasi excellent conditon, with a tiny chip to the rim and a few baking flaws.
- The vase in excellent condition, with a few typical baking flaws throughout.

Dia.: 35,5 - 21,5 cm (the largest dish and the smallest plate)

H 5 cm - Dia.: 14,5 cm (the bowl)

H 3,2 cm - Dia.: 13 cm (the saucer)

Condition: Small rim chips, otherwise good.

Work: 105 x 51 cm

Scroll: 226,5 x 69,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The painting in excellent condition, with some typical age-related wear to the paper, such as mild creasing and discolouration.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 画作全品, 局部纸本老化痕迹。

Work: 84 x 54,5 cm

Frame: 97 x 68 cm

Condition: Overall in reasonable condition, the pgimentation quite worn, with some staining and foxing. A small tear to the upper left of the Buddha.

H 51 cm

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium, Bruges.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The incense burner in good condition, with baking flaws to the handles, two of the three legs restored and minor wear on the upperside of the top rim

- The cover in good condition, with the normal glaze lines. One small piece missing at the height of the right elbow.

- The gilt decoration in good condition.

H 39 cm (the pair)

H 13 - Dia.: 14,5 cm (the incense burner or 'koro')

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- One vase in very good condition, with a hardly visible negligible glaze chip to one of the leafs.

- One vase with a hairline to the top rim and a chip to the bottom rim.

- The incense burner in very good condition. The cover with some chips. 

H 42 cm - Dia.: 54 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, a chip of ca. 3 cm to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿一个磕崩。

H 47,5 - 38 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The angel: in very good to perfect codition, with negligible baking flaws and negligible (hardly visible with the naked eye) chips to the petals of the flowers.

- The dancer: in very good to perfect condition, with minor wear to the gilt design. A hardly visible two mm glaze chip to the rim. 

 

 

Work: 33 x 25 cm

Frame: 51,5 x 42 cm

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Jan Muller, Ghent (added a certificate of authenticity).

 

Provenance:

- The painting without doubt in very good and hangable condition.

- The usual negligible wear to the borders due to the framing.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some minor retouches, esp. the little cat at the top of the jewelry box. 

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).

 

Work: 102 x 67,5 cm

 

'The Marriage of the Virgin', also known as 'Lo Sposalizio', was completed in 1504 for the Franciscan church of San Francesco, Città di Castello. The painting depicts a marriage ceremony between Mary and Joseph. It changed hands several times before settling in 1806 at the Pinacoteca di Brera (link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in quite good and hangable condition, with the usual minor wear to the borders (most probably due to a former framing). 

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with minor overpaint here and there (see also the additional pictures).

- Negligible dirt spots.

- Minor damage to the clothes of Joseph.

- A pronounced craquelures pattern.

Work: 62 x 51,7 cm

Frame: 78,7 x 68,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in need of a restoration: some tears in the canvas.

- Relined (because of a hole in the center of the canvas).

- The painting signed left bottom corner.

- The UV-light shows the typical colour of the varnish, with some overpaint here and there.

- See also the additional photos.

Work: 100 x 80 cm

Frame: 116 x 96 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in very good and hangable condition. If we need to make a remark - but actually it's not worth mentioning-, there is a negligible and hardly visible spot of flaking paint (in the middle on the left side, in the roof).

 

Work: ca. 63 x 52,5 cm

Frame: 72,5 x 62 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish. Some restauratios visible, in particular at the bottom center and in the sky (see also the additional photos).

Work: 80,5 x 70,5 cm

Frame: 93 x 82,7 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in hangable condition.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some minor touch-ups.

- Minor flaking paint, with retouching, esp. just right of center in the water surface, snow zone on the trunk of the second tree on the left, just next to the tree on the right in the foreground.

- Pronounced craquelures, esp. visible in the middle of the painting (the snail-shaped craquelure pattern).

- Would benefit of a cleaning and some restoration.

Work: 60 x 50 cm

Frame: 78 x 67,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good and hangable condition.

- No overpaint visible under UV-light.

 

 Ca. 98 x 67,5 cm each.

 

Erol graduated at Warsaw Fine Art Academy in 1968. He created over 1000 posters and he won multiple awards (e.g. Polish Poster Biennal Katowice, 1973-1985).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Two posters in very good to perfect condition.

- Seven posters with small creases in the edges of the paper.

- Five posters with small creases and tears in the edges of the paper.

- One poster with creases.

 

H 17,2 - L 18 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture with the noraml wear and age-related traces of use. Minor 

H 38,8 cm

 

Hermes and the Infant Dionysos is a statue possibly made by the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles. The statue was discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia, Greece. It is now in the Archaeological Museum of Olympia. The statue was probably made in the 4th century BC. This date is based on a remark by the 2nd century Greek traveller Pausanias (link). The discovery of the sculpture made the theme very popular in the last quarter of the 19th C.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The head broken off and reattached. Minor chip to the bottom rim. Furthermore in good condition, with the normal wear and traces of use. 

156 x 99 cm

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, the Netherlands.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in hangable condition, with restorations all-over en some minor holes.

- The border torn on one side.

- A fragment of a larger tapestry.

- See also the additional pictures.

199,5 x 147,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good to perfect condition, with two negligible loose threads.

 

40 x 26 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in good condition, with some wear and traces of use, especially to the bottom corners.

- See the additional pictures.

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium.