Condition report

H 28 cm (the hat stand)

H 24,4 - 23,5 cm (the two vases)

H 19,7 - L 23 cm (the teapot)

Dia: 13,5 cm (the saucers)

H 5,6 cm- Dia.: 8,8 cm (the box and cover)

H 5,6 cm - Dia.: 9 cm (the two cups)

H 2,5 cm - Dia.: 8,2 cm (the two bowls)

 Condition: (UV-checked) (from left to right)
1) The cricket box and cover in excellent condition.
2) The hat stand in excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.
3) In very good condition, with minor baking flaws and small glaze losses.
4) The vase generally in very good condition. A superficial chip from the underside of the top rim and minor baking flaws.
5) A superficial rim chip and the foot rim with a baking flaw.
6) The vase with a superficial chip from the top rim, typical baking flaws throughout and both handles with minor glaze losses.
7) The cup in excellent condition.
8) The large ewer with a restored rim chip, superficial glaze loss and minor baking flaws. The lid in excellent condition
9) A small superficial rim chip, otherwise in very good condition.
10) The rim with baking flaw.
11) In excellent condition.

 

 

 

L 12 - 7 cm (the largest and the smallest box and cover)

H 8,5 - 3,7 cm (the tallest and the smallest box and cover)

H 6,5 cm (the vase)

Condition: (UV-checked) (from left to right)
1) In excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.
2) In nearly excellent condition, with minor superficial baking flaws and burst glaze bubbles.
3) The box with a short hairline. The cover in excellent condition.
4) The bowl in excellent. The cover with a negligible rim chip.
5) In excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.
6) The box and cover with crazing of the glaze throughout.
7) The cover with a X-shaped hairline. The box with a star-shaped glaze line on the bottom side.
8) In excellent condition.
9) The top rim restored.
10) The box in excellent condition. The cover with a restored rim chip.
 

H 45,4 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The top rim with three chips and the bottom rim with a negligible baking flaw, furthermore in good condition.

H 9,3 - L 16,3 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Cover and teapot in very good to perfect condition, with superficial wear and a negligible baking flaw on one of the ribs.

H 28 - 13 cm (the tallest and the smallest item)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The four-tier stacking box: The cover generally in very good condition, with minor negligible fleabites of the inner rim. Three out of four stackable dishes in excellent condition. One stackable dish with a small superficial chip from the bottom rim and a star-shaped glaze crack on the interiors bottom.
- The central hat stand with a hairline in the bottom, otherwise in excellent condition.
- The open worked hat stand in excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

H 31,8 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The top rim with superficial chips.

- Minor losses of the enamel. Negligible wear.

- The bottom with a baking flaw.

- The body with a production related horizontal line. 

- Over all, the vase in good to very good condition. 

H 42,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase with a glaze loss under the rim. One crane's head of the handle and a Chilong's leg oversprayed.
- The second vase with a Chilong's leg oversprayed, otherwise good.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 第一个瓶子口沿下一个剥釉。一个鹤的头和螭龙的腿有修复痕迹。
- 第二个瓶子的一条螭龙的腿有喷漆痕迹。

Dia.: 20,5 - 19,5 cm (the largest and the smallest plate)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Six plates in excellent condition, with normal  superficial wear.
- Three plates with a short hairline, otherwise in very good condition.
- One plate with two small superficial rim chips and a short hairline.

H 43 - 42,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase with a circular hairline in the middle extending above the foot rim, with related overspraying and overpainting around.
- The second vase in excellent condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 第一个花瓶炸肚，有相应的喷漆和复绘痕迹。
- 第二个花瓶全品。

H 37,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with minor superficial wear.

Dia.: 52,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, with a number of small superficial chips from the rim.
- The enamel of most likely a flag polished away. Slightly some remnants still visible.

H 57,5 - 51 cm (with and without base)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, a few typical glaze loss to the rim and the centre of the base slightly polished.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿几个典型剥釉，底面中间一些釉面打磨。

Dia.: 40 - 37,3 - 27 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The smallest with a small rim chip at ca. 3 o'clock.
- The middle dish in excellent condition.
- The largest with two reglued rim chips, each with a related hairline.

H 38 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in very good condition, with a few superficial chips to the rim and some slight wear to the gilding.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相非常良好，口沿几处典型飞皮，金彩有轻微磨损。
 

 

Ref.:

- A very similar blue ground gilt decorated 'bats amongst scrolling clouds' bottle vase offered at Christie's, London, Sale: The Art of China: Online Autumn Sale (Online 14389), September 20-27, 2017, lot 89 (est. USD 4.000-8.000, price realised USD 10.000, link).

Dia.: 33,2 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- With a ca. 4 cm hairline, furthermore in good condition. 

H 23,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover with a small superficial chip from one corner, otherwise in excellent condition.
- The vase with a restored corner of the top rim with related overpainting. One handle reattached with related overpainting.

H 22,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover with losses of the enamel design and a restored hairline, with related overspraying and retouching,
- The vase with a number of superficial chips from the rim, some glaze losses and some baking flaws .

H 61,5 - 57,4 cm (with and without base)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both in excellent condition.
- One vase with a few superficial scraches in the middle.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品。
- 一个花瓶侧面有刮痕。

H 22,8 - L 21 - D 16,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One cover in excellent condition.
- The other cover in nearly excelent condition, with a superficial glaze chip from the rim.
- One vase with one handle reattached and related overpainting.
- The other vase with a section of the rim restored one handle reattached and related overpainting.
            

H 63,5 -58,5 cm (with and without base)

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品。

H 19 - Dia: 20,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover with a 5 cm hairline, otherwise in very good condition.
- The jar with a small superficial from the outer top rim and a larger chip from the inner top rim.
- One of the four handle rings with a superficial chip.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 盖子冲约 5 厘米。
- 罐子外口沿一个飞皮，内口沿一个磕崩。
- 耳上一个飞皮。

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。

H 22,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The jar and cover in very good condition.

- The cover: no remarks whatsoever.

- The jar: in very good condition, with a negligible glaze chip/baking flaw to the top rim and a glaze chip to the inside of the bottom rim.

- Minor losses to the enamels.

 

H 89,3 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In nearly excellent condition. One of the applied dragons with a retouched chip from the rear leg.

H 9 cm - Dia.: 10,2 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The cover: with four restored chips to the rim, furthermore in good condition.

- The bowl: with three hairlines, furthermore in good condition.

H 91,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, a chip under the rim and a baking flaw in the middle.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿下一个磕崩，瓶身一个窑伤。

H 23,5 - 22,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The 'shou' teapot with a break in the middle of the spout and restored. The cover in excellent condition.
- The 'fu' teapot with a break in the middle of the handle and spout, then restored, and a flake to the spout. The cover in quasi excellent condition, with a tiny superficial flakes to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 寿字茶壶流中间断，后修复。盖子全品。
- 福字茶壶流和手柄中间断，后修复，流口小飞。盖子近乎全品，极小飞。

H 47 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- With normal superficial wear, minor small enamel losses.
- A C-shaped hairline as visible on the last two photos. 
- Please see the photos for a better impression

Dia.: 41,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The first plate (floral design) in good conditio, with superficial wear. The rim with a chip and a glaze chip.

- The second plate (palace scenes) with superficial wear, a restored chip with related 9 cm hairline and a small rim chip.

H 48,5 cm

Weight: ca. 13,6 kg

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The garden seat with losses of the enamel. Numerous retouched areas of the enamels.
- One hairline starting at the foot rim running up halfway the height and another hairline running up 3/4 the heigh with related overpainting.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 秀墩几处典型剥釉和典型补彩。
- 中间一条冲线，另一条冲线在高度四分之三处，有相应的喷漆痕迹。

 

Dia.: 25,4 cm

 

Both plates with crest and motto 'Spero Meliora' ('I hope for better things' or 'Aspire to greater things').

 

Ref.:

- A tureen and cover with the same crest and motto offered at Christie's, New York, Sale: Living with Art, August 22 &23, 2017, lot 218 (USD 875, link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- One of the plates with a hairline of ca. 2 cm at 9 o'clock. 

- The other plate with a negligible superficial hardly visible chip to the bottom rim.

- Furthermore, both plates in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear, especially to the gilt decoration.

H 47,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, with some superficial wear to the overglazed enamel design.
- A flake to the rim and a very tight hairline of ca. 15 cm on the inside, partly visible on the outside.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相非常良好，釉上彩轻微磨损。
- 口沿一个飞皮，内冲约 15 厘米，外侧部分可见。

Dia: 25 - 24,7 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The first plate in very good condition, with superficial wear, a baking flaw at 9 o'clock and negligible loss of the enamel.

- The second plate in very good condition, with superficial wear. 

Dia: 52,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.
- Between 4 and 5 o'clock a baking flaw, visible from the front and back side.

H 61 - 59 cm (the tallest and the smallest figure)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The Luxing in quasi excellent condition, with a flake to the right corner of his hat and the end of Ruyi.
- The Fuxing in quasi excellent condition, with a minor glaze loss to the lower rim of his robe.
- The Shouxing in quasi excellent condition, with a few flake to a leaf behind the peach, and a tiny flake to the finial of his crutch.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 禄星近乎全品，帽子右角和如意末端都有飞皮。
- 福星近乎全品，袍子底边一个小剥釉。
- 寿星近乎全品，桃子的侧边的叶子有飞皮，拐杖底部有小飞皮。

H 89 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The vase in very good condition, with a restored break of ca. 2 x 4 cm to the rim, with related overspraying and overpainting around.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 花瓶整体品相非常良好，口沿一处磕崩修复，尺寸约 2 x 4 厘米，周围有相应的喷漆和复绘痕迹。

Dia: 30 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good condition, with a deep scratch of ca. 1 cm and some wear to the decoration.

H 87 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

Dia.: 17 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- A small 1,2 cm hairline between 11 and 12 o'clock, a small 1,1 cm chip at 2 o'clock and some wear, furthermore in good condition.

H 5,5 cm - Dia.: 11 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Possibly slightly shortened, furthermore in good condition, with superficial wear. 

H 35,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The top rim with two hairlines (ca. 4,5 - 5 cm) and a superficial chip, furthermore in good condition.

 

H 12,2 - L 14,4 cm (the teapot and cover)

Dia: 23,3 cm (the dish)

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The dish generally in very good to excellent condition, with minor superficial wear and some baking flaws.

- The cover of the teapot with a superficial rim chip of ca. 6 x 2 mm, otherwise in excellent condition. The teapot in excellent condition, with minor superficial wear.

 

H 47 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The top rim with a number of chips and glaze losses.

- One rim chip with a few short hairlines running downwards.

- Furthermore, the vase in good condition.

H 33,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with a small superficial chip in the middle rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相非常良好，肩部一个飞皮。

H 45,5 cm

Both vases with a Qianlong mark.

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品。

Provenance:

- Both vases with a 'Chinese Kunst' shop label (Sint-Niklaas, Belgium).

H 6,5 - L 19,5 - D 9,7 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The box and cover in very good condition, the cover with negligible loss of the enamel.

H 23 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The left vase with a horizontal hairline of 2,5 cm in the middle of the vase, furthermore in good condition.

- The right vase in excellent condition.

H 22,7 cm - Dia.: 58,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with a tight hairline of ca. 13 cm to the rim.
- The sound of the dish intact when tapped.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿细微冲线，长约 13 厘米。
- 扣之金属声完美。

H 47 cm (the vases)

H 17 cm - Dia.: 27 cm (the box and cover)

 Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase in excellent condition, the second one in quasi excellent condition, with two sections scrathed to the rim.
- The box and cover in excellent condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个花瓶全品，另一个口沿有两处釉面磨损。
- 盖盒全品。

H 26 - L 42,5 cm (incl. mounts)

 

Condition: (UV-Checked)

- The bowl in good condition, with some wear and minor losses of the enamel. 

- The mounts with the usual wear, furthermore in good condition.

 

H 37 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover in excellent condition, with some superficial crazing under the finial, invisible on the inside.
- The vase in good condition, with a hairline to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 盖子全品，盖钮下方几处惊釉。
- 罐子口沿冲。

H 7,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The top of the spoon with a small chip and a hairline, furthermore in good condition.

- The snuff bottle in very good condition, with a negligible hairline to the top and the normal traces of use.

H 44,8 - 40,5 cm (with and without base)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover in excellent condition, with a minor baking line to the finial.
- The vase in very good condition, with a hairline to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 盖子全品，盖钮一条窑缝。
- 罐子品相良好，口冲。

H 8,7 - 7,2 cm (the tallest, incl. the stopper)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The smallest with a large chip to the base and a few smaller chips to the neck. The lid lacking the spoon, which is stuck inside.
- The largest with a few very small superficial chips to the rim, otherwise good.

H 33,1 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One vase and two lids in excellent condition.
- One vase with a large rim section missing and a long vertical hairline related.

H 8 - 4,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both excellent, some normal wear to the iron red glazed design.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个全品，矾红彩磨损。

H 60,9 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Good, with a number of baking flaws throughout, one of which with a short glaze line on the inner rim.

H 7,5 cm - Dia.: 21,8 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The rim with a chip and a related hairline. Furthermore in good condition. 

H 60,4 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，字反铅。

Dia.: 34,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 61,8 - 58 cm (with and without base)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

Dia.: 42 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A rim chip just past 12 o'clock, a few small losses to the overglaze enamels, otherwise in good condition.

 

H 30 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In nearly excellent condition. One handle with a glaze line between the elephant's trunk and vase. One corner of the vase with a small baking flaw.

H 32 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One in good condition with a number of small superficial chips around the rim.
- One with restoration to the neck, with related overpainting over ca. 10 cm to the inside of the neck.

H 42,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A hairline to the lower part, and a star-shaped hairline to the base.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 炸肚，炸底。

H 64 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase in very good condition, with a few superficial chips and glaze loss to the rim and some baking flaws to the overglazed enamel design above the base rim.
- The second vase in good condition, with a few superficial chips and glaze loss to the rim and some baking flaws to the overglazed enamel design above the base rim, and a circular baking line on the inside, partly visible on the outside.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 第一个鹿首尊整体品相非常良好，口沿几处典型剥釉和飞皮，圈足上侧的釉上彩部分缩釉。
- 第二个鹿首尊整体品相非常良好，口沿几处典型剥釉和飞皮，圈足上侧的釉上彩部分缩釉，尊内一条环形窑冲，尊外侧肚子下部分可见。

The Eighteen Arhats (or Luohan) (Chinese: 十八羅漢) are depicted in Chinese Buddhism as the original followers of Gautama Buddha (arhat) who have followed the Noble Eightfold Path and attained the four stages of enlightenment. They have reached the state of Nirvana and are free of worldly cravings. They are charged to protect the Buddhist faith and to wait on earth for the coming of Maitreya, an enlightened Buddha prophesied to arrive on earth many millennia after Gautama Buddha's death (parinirvana).

In the Chinese tradition, the Eighteen Luohans are generally presented in the order they are said to have appeared to Guan Xiu, not according to their power: Deer Sitting, Happy, Raised Bowl, Raised Pagoda, Meditating, Oversea, Elephant Riding, Laughing Lion, Open Heart, Raised Hand, Thinking, Scratched Ear, Calico Bag, Plantain, Long Eyebrow, Doorman, Taming Dragon and Taming Tiger (link).

 

20 x 13 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- General in good condition, with normal superficial wear and a number of superficial irregularities from the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿几个典型飞皮。

H 91 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase with a chip under the rim, a hairline in the middle extending from the chilong's tail to the white horse, slightly visible on the inside.
- The second vase with a chip to the lion's tail of the handle. A chilong's head and a chilong's neck restored. A glaze line of ca. 10 cm above the foot rim and some superficial crazing around the foot rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 第一个花瓶口沿下有磕崩，炸肚。
- 第二个花瓶耳上狮尾有一个飞皮，一个螭龙的头和另一个螭龙的脖子有修复痕迹。花瓶圈足上一条惊釉，不透。圈足上多处龟裂。
 

 

H 22 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The jar in quasi excellent condition, with two flakes to the rim.
- The cover in excellent condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 罐子近乎全品，口沿小飞两个，盖子全。

 

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

H 18 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, a circular impact line to the rim and a flake to the foot rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相良好，口沿一个重皮，圈足一个小飞皮。

H 30,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both with a chip to the rim, otherwise good.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个口沿都有飞皮。

H 65,5 - 60 cm (with and without stand)

The vase comes together with a lotus-shaped wooden stand.

Provenance:

- The vase imported in Belgium in 1968 via the steamer 'Forerunner'.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A few chips to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 口沿几处飞皮。

H 34 cm - Dia.: 40,5 cm

H 31,5 cm - Dia.: 37 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The biggest one in excellent condition.
- The smallest one in quasi excellent condition, with a small star-shaped glaze line on the inside, invisible on the outside.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 大鱼缸全品。
- 小鱼缸近乎全品，内一个鸡爪，不透。

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium.

 

H 46,5 cm - Dia.: 53 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The fishbowl broken in multi pieces and then reglued.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 鱼缸破裂成多块，后粘合。

H 58,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A hairline of 4 cm to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 花瓶口沿冲线一条约 4 厘米。

H 20,5 cm - Dia.: 25,5 cm 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

L 13,3 - 11,3 cm (the largest and the smallest spoon) 

Dia.:  12,3 cm (the bowls and covers)

H 9,5 - 8,5 cm (the bowls and covers)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- All spoons in excellent condition.
- One cover in excellent condition, one with a few glaze loss to the rim and one with a chip and related hairline to the rim.
- One bowl with a hairline to the rim and two bowls with a few flakes to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 汤勺都是全品。
- 一个盖子全，一个盖子口剥釉，一个盖子口飞冲。
- 一个碗口冲，两个碗口飞。

H 22,6 - 22,2 cm (the jugs)

Dia.: 17 cm (the plate)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The plate with three polished chips from the rim.
- The jug in the centre with a S-shaped hairline that measures almost the whole circumference.
- The other jug generally in excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

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。

H 5,5 cm - Dia.: 30,6 cm

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 六个盘子皆是全品。

Dia: 22 cm

H 15,2 - L 22 cm

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

H 31 - 23,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The standing figure on the right with the head broken off, one hand reglued, damage to the flower in the other hand, a number of small chips throughout.
- The seated figure with restoration to a break to the phoenix head and one to the tail, as well as numerous small spots of glaze loss throughout.

H 33 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The cover with some rim chips, furthermore in good condition.

- The top rim of the jar with superficial rim chips, one with a related tight hairline of a few cm.

- The jar furthermore in good condition, with negligible superficial wear.

H 31,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with a few tiny flakes on the dragon's back.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，龙背上几个飞皮。

H 57,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 47,5 - 48,5 cm (with the stands)

H 44 - 43,5 cm (without the stands)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase in excellent condition, with some typical baking spots.
- The second vase in quasi excellent condition, with some typical baking spots and a flake to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个全品，几处缩釉，其中一个口沿小飞。

H 25,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The vase with negligible superficial wear, a baking flaw to the outer top rim and negligible chips to the bottom rim, futhermore in very good condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 口沿一个窑伤，圈足几个典型飞皮。

H 46 - 42,5 cm (with and without base)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first vase in excellent condition.
- The second vase with a break and related hairline to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个全品。另一个口蹦冲。

H 13,7 - L 17,5 cm  (the largest teapot)

Dia.: 11,3 cm (the saucer)

H 10,4 - L 16,5 cm (the smallest teapot)

Dia.: 9,5 - 8,2 cm (the largest and the smallest bowl)

H 8 cm - Dia.: 27,2 cm (the large bowl)

H 5,8 cm (the cup)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The smallest teapot in very good condition, with a few flakes to the rim. The cover in excellent condition.
- The biggest teapot in quasi excellent condition, a tiny flake to the inner rim. The cover in excellent condition.
- The three-tier stacking box in quasi excellent condition, one box with a hairline to the rim.
- The biggest box with a break to the base rim and a reglued chip to the rim.
- One smallest bowl in excellent condition, one with a hairline to the rim, two with a chip to the rim.
- The saucer in quasi excellent condition, with a few glaze loss to the rim.
- The cup with a chip and related hairline to the rim.
- The bowl with a hairline to the rim and the cover in excellent condition. The stand with a chip to the rim.
- Four cover in excellent condition.

 

H 59,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The first vase with a restored break to the rim, otherwise good.
- The second vase with a star-shaped glaze line to the base, invisible on the inside.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 第一个花瓶口沿磕崩修复。
- 第二个花瓶炸底不透。

H 33,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both jars with various restored breaks and related overspaying.
- One cover with a restored chip.
- The other cover with a small superficial rim chip and enamel loss.

H 134,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with very fresh enamels, only some slight wear to the gilding.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，金彩有轻微磨损。

H 22 - 21,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both covers with a few chips to the rim.
- The first jar in nearly excellent condition, with a chip to the outer rim.
- The second jar in nearly excellent condition, with a chip under the inner rim, a star-shaped glaze line on the inside, invisible on the outside.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个盖子口沿都有飞皮。
- 一个罐子近乎全品，外口沿一处飞皮。
- 一个罐子近乎全品，内口沿下一个飞皮，内鸡爪一个。

H 50 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with normal superficial wear and minor superficial losses of the enamels.

H 47,5 cm - Dia.: 53 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In nearly excellent condition, with normal superficial wear and some superficial baking flaws.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面轻微磨损和几处小窑伤。

H 43,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

H 61 - 60 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The left vase with the rim oversprayed, probably to cover some chips.
- The right vase with a hairline in the middle and a glaze line to the rim on the inside, invisible on the outside.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 左边的花瓶口喷漆，应该是飞皮修复。
- 右边的花瓶口内惊釉不透，炸肚。

H 28,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In very good condition with normal wear.

H 13 - L 17 - D 12 cm (with stand)

H 12 - L 17 - D 12 cm (without stand)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both in excellent condition, one flower pot with a glaze loss to the lower part.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品，一个花盆下侧有一个剥釉。

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium.

H 45 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

H 15,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

H 7,5 - L 18,5 - D 18,5 cm (the largest bowl)

H 7,3 - L 15,1 - D 15,1 cm (the smallest bowl)

H 10 cm - Dia.: 14,5 cm (the tazza)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The tazza in good condition with a few very small chips to the rim and a larger one to the foot.
- The smallest square-sectioned bowl excellent.
- The largest with a rim chip, otherwise excellent.

H 81,5 cm - Dia.: 50 cm

Dia: 33 cm (the plaques)

Condition: (UV-checked) - Updated 27/08/2023
- Both porcelain plaques in very good condition, with a few typical flakes and superficial chips to the rim.
- Both wooden tables in good condition, each with one of the feet somewhat damaged.

244 x 50,5 cm (each panel)

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The folding screen in general in good to very good condition, with the normal superficial wear, minor traces of use and natural tension lines.

- The front: (1) Lower part of the wood panel with a crack in the wood. (3) In the middle panel two small missing pieces of the twigs. (6) The tree trunk on the right comes loose. A leg of the cricket is missing in the central panel.

- The backside: Some wear to the gilt painted decoration.

- See also the additional pictures.

Work: 133 x 93 cm

Frame: 146 x 106 cm

 

Bhaishajyaguru, the 'Medicine Buddha' is holding a bowl of lapis lazuli, which contains myrobalan or medicinal fruit.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition.

- With a few spots of negligible superficial wear, hardly visible for the naked eye.

- Not inspected outside the frame. 

75 x 31,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Generally in very good condition, with minor superficial wear and minor natural tension lines.

- The usual minor damages and missing parts: lower and upper balustrade, minor part of the wing of the bord right top corner, small missing piece branch top right, small missing piece decoration left (see additional pictures). 

65,5 x 40 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Generally in good condition, with superficial wear and natural tension lines and cracks all-over.

- The usual minor damages and missing parts: horse bottom left missing one leg, minor damage to the background trees, two figures missing the right arm, flagstick top right misses the crowning, one of the spears broken, minor damage to the railing (see additional pictures). 

Dia.: 51 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The stand with minor superficial wear an minor natural tension lines, furthermore in very good condition.

- The charger with superficial wear and negligible traces of use. Reverse with some production flauws and a small missing piece of enamel at the rim. Furthermore in very good condition.

H 40 cm (the bird on stand, without mounts and shade)

H 26,5 cm (the bird)

Weight: 6,4 kg

 

Provenance: 

- Private collection, Belgium, West Flanders.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The bird: in good condition, with normal superficial wear. The left toe of the left leg restored (see additional picture). Unsigned.

- The base: in good condition, with the natural tension lines and a natural crack. 

- The shade: in good condition, with the normal traces of use.

L 96 cm (the total length)

Condition:
- The scabbard with age related tension lines, losses of the lacquer and wear.
- The katana with superfical wear. The handle with some losses and superficial wear.

H 14,2 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The model in good condition, with the usual supericial wear and traces of use.

H 22,3 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, with the normal negligible superficial wear to the gilt decoration.

Dia.: 37,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- An impact line to the rim at ca. 9 o'clock.
- Numerous losses to the overglaze enamels and the gilding throughout.
- Otherwise in good condition.

 

In 1734, the Dutch East India Company commissioned Cornelis Pronk to produce designs for a set of China plates. This porcelain, so-called Chine de commande, was produced in China, then shipped to Europe and sold there. Pronk made four different designs, of which 'The Parasol Ladies' was most popular. The Dutch East India Company ended the deal in 1740 because the production and shipping from China proved too costly. The original watercolour for the design is now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (link). The design was quickly adopted on Japanese porcelain.

 

Ref.:

- A similar but larger Imari charger offered at Sotheby's, London, Sale: Fine Japanese Art, May 14, 2019, lot 100 (est. GBP 70.000-90.000, link).

 

Dia.: 40,7 - 31,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The biggest plate in excellent condition.
- The smallest plate in excellent condition, with some superficial crazing.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 最大的盘子全品。
- 小号盘子全品，表面龟裂。

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. 

H 32 - L 56 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture in good condition, with central a hairline, running over the base and the right leg (see additional pictures).

- Negligible hardly visible chips to the rims (see particularly the photo of the underside).

- Small chip on the outside of the left foot.

 

22,5 x 22 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The roof or ceiling boss in good condition, with the normal age-related traces of use and wear.

- With a number of holes - presumably linked with an earlier suspension system - as visible on the photos.

H 174 cm

 

The statue is accompanied by a copy of a certificate from Alexander & Berendt, dated April 27, 1977: 

"Certificate: Two Louis XIV herm statues of white veined marble and depicting Pan. The statues are of different sizes. They were designed by Nicholas Poussin and were executed either in the studio of Algardi and his followers or by Domenico Guidi or in his studio. The statues were executed in Italy in the second half of the 17th century. Statues closely related are to be found in the Quinconces du Midi, Versailles. The statues had been kept in the open for many years and when purchases were cleaned and polished to put them in their present condition. C.F. The Burlington Magazine, September 1971, 'Domenico Guidi and Nicholas Poussin' by L. Bershad. We hereby certify that in our expert knowledge the above statues are entirely original and of the period and in accordance with the description given, above. For and behalf of Alexander & Berendt LTD, F.E. Berendt, Managing Director."

For the images and the history of the Versailles sculpture, see: link.

The collection of the Getty Museum includes some twenty items that were previously part of the collection of Alexander & Berendt (link). Several other renowned museums also have pieces from the same collection (link and link).

H 200 cm

 

The statue is accompanied by a copy of a certificate from Alexander & Berendt, dated April 27, 1977: 

"Certificate: Two Louis XIV herm statues of white veined marble and depicting Pan. The statues are of different sizes. They were designed by Nicholas Poussin and were executed either in the studio of Algardi and his followers or by Domenico Guidi or in his studio. The statues were executed in Italy in the second half of the 17th century. Statues closely related are to be found in the Quinconces du Midi, Versailles. The statues had been kept in the open for many years and when purchases were cleaned and polished to put them in their present condition. C.F. The Burlington Magazine, September 1971, 'Domenico Guidi and Nicholas Poussin' by L. Bershad. We hereby certify that in our expert knowledge the above statues are entirely original and of the period and in accordance with the description given, above. For and behalf of Alexander & Berendt LTD, F.E. Berendt, Managing Director."

For the images and the history of the Versailles sculpture, see: link.

The collection of the Getty Museum includes some twenty items that were previously part of the collection of Alexander & Berendt (link). Several other renowned museums also have pieces from the same collection (link and link).

 

H 86,7 cm

Weight: 45 kg

 

The sculpture marked with a 'Société des bronzes de Paris' mark and inscribed with the initials 'AP' and the number '3034'.

 

Ref.:

- P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 100-101 (with an image of a smaller version of this sculpture on p. 101).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture in very good condition with the usual superficial wear and minor traces of use (small scratches).

 

 

H 57,7 - 54 cm (with and without base)

 

The sculpture marked with the foundry mark of the Gladenbeck foundry 'Akt. Ges. v. H. Gladenbeck u. Sohn'. (Aktien-Gesellschaft)

A later cast after the large bronze 'Fencer' sculpture from 1902/04 for the fountain on the Universitätsplatz Breslau (link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture in good condition, with the normal superficial wear and minor traces of use.

- The corners of the marble base with negligible to very minor chips.

- The oak leaf is not easy to remove. It is probably a later addition to hide damage to the male genital organ.

H 17,2 - L 18 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

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

H 31 cm

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Brussels, Belgium.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, with the normal age-related wear. The left side of the marble base with some scratches and the upper part sanded off (see additional pictures).

H 34,7 cm

 

The sculpture with the number '15' and marked 'Fdu Par Vor Thiebaut', referring to Victor Thiebaut who ran the family foundry in the third quarter of the 19th C.

 

Ref.:

- P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, p. 227.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear and traces of use. 

 

H 18 cm

 

The base with the 'Louchet' foundry mark, referring to the famous Paul Louchet (1854-1936) foundry in Paris.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The vase in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear and traces of use.

- Can be used as a vase (the vase does hold water).

H 59,5 - 52,5 cm (with and without base)

 

This French gilt bronze group of bacchic putti cast by Raingo Frères from the model by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, last quarter of the 19th C.

The sculpture marked 'Unisfrance' and with the numbers '36', '12' and '10370'.

 

Ref.:

- Christie's, London, Sept. 22, 2011, lot 56, for a similar group. (sold GBP 6.875, link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good condition, with superficial wear and the vine loose.

- Marble base with some minor chips and a small restoration.

Work: 44 x 28 cm

Frame: 76,5 x 60 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in very good and hangable condition (not inspected outside the frame).

- The right top corner (seen from the point of view of the work) with a small tear in the paper, which may already have arisen during manufacture.

 

Work: 80 x 60 cm

Frame: 95 x 75 cm

 

It concerns the Burgschelde in Oudenaarde, filled in in 1960 (thanks to K.B. for this useful information).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting without doubt in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

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

- In the left top and bottom corner a negligible very small spot of flaking paint, hardly to not visible for the naked eye. 

Information updated on the 25th of August.

Work: 142 x 101,5 cm

Frame: 168 x 125,5 cm

 

The reverse with a 'Alexr Hill, Edinburgh' label and an old auction or collection label. 

The work framed in an exceptional gilt carved wood frame. 

 

Ref.:

- According to Alex Kidson, the author of the latest catalogue raisonné of Romney's paintings (link), this painting can be attributed to the entourage of Romney. Furthermore, the painting has a correspondance with Romney's real Lady Altamont at Tate Britian. (indirect communication February 17, 2023)

For the Tate Britain painting, see: link.

 

 - Direct communication with Alex Kidson August 25, 2023: The painting is probably a tribute to Romney, painted by a later artist, who admired his works. One possible track is that of R. W. Withers-Lee (act. 1884-1903).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in general in good and hangable condition.

- The frame: good condition, with minor missing parts (see also the additional pictures).

- Relined.

- Some small touch-ups.

- Some parts with restorations (in different phases): right hand, pink cloth, white cloth mainly in the lower zones, right shoulder realigned, fingers left hand, etc.

 

 

Work: 130,5 x 86,5 cm

Frame: 141,5 x 97 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good and hangable condition.

- Lovely, playful and powerful portrait.

- The UV-light shows the typical colour of the varnish, with three small interventions: restoration of a small hole on the left instep of the girl, repair of a tear at the bottom right and repair of a minimal tear at the top right (see also the back).

Work: 45 x 35,5 cm

Frame: 59 x 50,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good and hangable condition.

 

Work: 60,8 x 45,7 cm

Frame: 80,5 x 65 cm

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Luc Schöller, Antwerp.

- Ex-collection Jaehning, Advance, North Carolina, USA.

 

Ref.:

- Exhibited at Guillaume Campo in Antwerp in 1977.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Without doubt in good and hangable condition.

- Relined, because of a hole in the original canvas (central).

- When relined, the outer edges of the work, on the fold, were overpainted as well.

- See also the additional pictures.

 

H 83  - L 61,5 - D 60 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both chairs in very good condition. No remarks whatsoever.

H 19 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The first candlestick in very good condition, with a small hairline.

- The second candlestick in good condition, with some chips to the top rim and traces of use (two of the corners slightly bent, the stem with a dent). 

- The design slightly different.

H 40 cm

 

The dial marked '(Ar)mingaud Lné (L'ainé) à Paris'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The mantel clock in good condition, with wear.

- Both handles loose. Now reattached with a little bit of glue (most probably before attached with a little pin, which are not available anymore).

- Missing the glass door at the back, as visible on the pictures. No pendulum.

- The dial in general in good condition, with the usual hairlines in the enamel. The enamel on the left winding mechanism with minor chips and dents.

- The springs tested and tension is present.

- Weight: 3957 g

 

H 40,3 - L 30 - D 11,5 cm

 

The work marked with the number '116' and inscribed with 'JG272' (?).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The mantel clock in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear.

- The springs tested and tension is present.

- The middle part of the mantel clock with traces of use. 

- The work with some parts renewed and a snapped robe. Missing the glass door at the back, as visible on the pictures.

- A very qualitative dial.

 

 

H 40,2 - L 31 - D 11 cm (the 'Geografia' clock)

H 37,5 - L 28 - D 9,5 cm (the 'bohemian' clock)

 

The 'bohemian' clock: the work marked 'Medaille d'argent Paris 1823'.

The 'Geografia' clock: the (non-matching) work numbered '172'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The 'bohemian' clock in general in good condition, with normal superficial wear and minor traces of use. The springs tested and tension is present. The front protection glass and the pendulum missing.

- The'Geografia clock': in good condition, with the normal superficial wear. The globe with a small scratch. The work not original and hardly fitting. The springs tested and tension is present. One of the pointers missing. 

 

 

 

H 26,5 - 18 cm

 

The both side pieces signed by the French artist Louis Kley (1833-1911). 

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Left: in very good condition, with negligible superficial wear. 

- Middle: in very good condition, with minor superficial wear, especially to the silver-plated globe.

- Right: in very good condition, with negligible superficial wear and a negligible superficial chip to the backside.

 

 

H 40,5 cm (the mantel clock)

H 36,5 cm (the pair of vases)

 

The dial signed 'Comptoir général H. Riondet 9 Bd Poissonnière Paris'. The work with the same inscription. The work also marked 'Hors concours L.P. Japy 1878' and numbered '10010'.

The galant scènes signed 'Poitevin'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both vases in good condition. One vase with a small chip to one of the corners and a superficial hardly visible chip to the stem. Minor wear to the gilt decoration.

- The clock in good condition, with the normal superficial wear. The email of the 'IX' with a very small chip. The back door with minor damage. 

- The springs tested and tension is present.

 

H 39 - L 46,5 cm

 

The work marked and inscribed with the number 595. 

The back with the monogram 'D.V.'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The clock in general in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear.

- The springs tested and tension is present.

- The dial with some wear, the protection glass missing.

- Most probably a marriage. 

 

H 78 cm (the candlesticks)

H 68 cm (the clock)

 

The dial marked 'H. Luppens à Bruxelles'. The work marked 'H. Luppens Paris' and numbered '1409'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both candlesticks in very good condition, with normal minor superficial wear. One of the nozzles and one of the tops replaced. 

- The clock in very good condition, with the normal minor superficial wear.

- The springs tested and tension is present.

H 12 cm - Dia.: 29 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A hairline to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 口沿一条冲线。

38,6 x 30,5 cm

 Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面轻微磨损。

H 17 cm - Dia.: 39,4 cm (the bowl)

Dia.: 37 cm (the chargers)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The two dishes in excellent condition.
- The bowl in quasi excellent condition, with a chip to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个盘子全品，碗口沿一飞皮。

H 17,4 - 9,3 cm (the tallest and the smallest jar, incl. mounts)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The pair of smallest jars in quasi excellent condition, with a flake to the rim.
- The pair of medium jar and cover in excellent condition, excepte one cover with a few flakes to the rim.
- The three biggest jars in excellent condition.

 

H 24,3 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally both vases in nearly excellent condition. Both marks on the bottom scratched of polished away. Still partly visible.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品，磨款。

H 48,5 cm (incl. the mounts)

H 42 cm (the vase)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The 'bogu' wase with two short tight hairlines to the rim.
- The Canton vase with a hairline to the rim, and a star-shaped hairline to the base.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个花瓶口沿都冲，广彩花瓶炸底。

H 7,8 - L 9,1 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One handle reglued.
- One foot with a superficial chip.
- A small chip to the wooden lid.
- Otherwise good.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个耳断粘合。
- 一只腿有飞皮。
- 木质盖子有一个飞皮。

H 16 cm - Dia: 26 cm (the largest jardinière)

H 13,7 - L 25 - D 19,7 cm (the smallest jardinière)

H 6,5 - L 25,5 - D 19,5 cm (the bowl)

 Condition: (UV-checked)
- The bowl with two hairlines and two chips to the rim.
- The square flower pot with a section oversprayed to the rim and some normal wear to the glaze.
- The hexagonal flower pot with two baking lines to the rim, and some normal wear to the glaze.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 供盘口沿两个磕崩，两条冲线。
- 方形花盆口沿一处修复，釉面磨损。
- 六边形花瓶口沿两条窑冲，釉面磨损。

H 27 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 46,5 cm (the vase)

H 42,5 cm (the 'Immortal' figure)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个全品。

H 16,5 cm (the tea caddy)

H 13 - L 19,5 cm (the teapot)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The tea caddy with a chip to the rim and a tight crack line to the shoulder.
- The teapot in excellent condition, the cover with a break to the base rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 茶叶罐口飞，肩部一条裂缝。
- 茶壶全，盖子圈足磕崩。

H 10 - L 22,5 cm

H 8 - L 18 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The smallest teapot in excellent condition.
- The largest teapot in excellent condition, the cover with a break to the foot rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个茶壶全品，另一个茶壶盖子圈足磕崩。

 

 

 

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。

Dia.: 22,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally all six plates in excellent condition, with minor superficial wear.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 都是全品。

Dia.: 17,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with normal wear to the overglazed enamel design.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉上彩磨损。

Dia.: 19 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In very good condition, with negligible superficial wear.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面哑光，可能是沉船瓷。

 

Dia.: 14 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with slight wear to the glaze.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面轻微磨损。

Dia.: 13,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first saucer in excellent condition.
- The second saucer in quasi excellent condition, with a tiny flake to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个全品，另一个口上极小飞皮。

H 14,5 cm (the vase)

H 10,4 - L 8,5 cm

H 9 - L 15 cm

H 7,2 - L 12,8 cm

H 6,5 - L 11 cm

H 6 - L 15 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Three teapots and cover in excellent condition.
- Two teapots in excellent condition and the cover with a chip to the base rim.
- The vase with a chip and a related hairline.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 三个茶壶和盖子都是全品。
- 两个茶壶全品，盖子底边飞皮。
- 花瓶口飞冲。

Dia.: 33 cm (the charger)

Dia.: 22,8 - 20,2 cm (the plates)

H 20,5 cm (the jar and cover)

H 13,5 - 8 cm (the vases)

Dia.: 11,8 - 8,5 cm (the saucers)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The tea caddy in excellent.
- One vase with silver mount in excellent condition, one vase with a refilled chip to the rim and a hairline in the middle.
- The stem cup broken and reglued.
- Three cups and two saucers with hairline to the rim. And the smallest saucer in excellent condition.
- The hexagonal bowl in excellent condition.
- The blue and white jar and cover with drilled hole.
- The biggest dish with hairlines and two plates with a reglued break.
- Three smalle jars in excellent condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 茶叶罐全。
- 银镶口花瓶全，青花花瓶口飞，炸肚。
- 高足杯全裂。
- 三个杯子和两个碟子都冲，最小的碟子全。
- 供盘全。
- 冰梅罐打洞。
- 最大盘子冲，另两个盘子破裂后粘合。
- 三个小罐子全品。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H 22,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The tail of one dragon shaped handle glued, otherwise in excellent condition.

H 31,2 cm

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 几处小飞皮。

H 23cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

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

Dia.: 11 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first saucer in excellent condition.
- The second saucer with a chip to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个全品。
- 另一个口崩。

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

Dia.: 17,6 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 20 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 40,6 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 12,6 cm - Dia.: 10,4 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with a few typical baking spots to the base rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，圈足几个爆釉。

H 36,5 cm

Provenance:

- Private collection, Antwerp.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

 

 

H 5 cm - Dia.: 6,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both in excellent condition, with slight wear to the overglazed enamel design.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品，釉面轻微磨损。

H 13 - 7,5 cm (the largest and the smallest teapot)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The teapot without cover in quasi excellent condition, with a flake to the spout.
- The imari-style teapot in quasi excellent condition, with a flake to the spout and some baking spots. And the cover with a few hairlines.
- The largest blue and white teapot in excellent condition. The cover with a star-shaped hairline.
- The smallest blue and white teapot with a baking line above the base and a hairline to the rim. The cover in excellent condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 无盖茶壶近乎全品，流小飞。
- imari风格茶壶近乎全品，流小飞，多处剥釉爆釉。盖子冲。
- 最大的青花茶壶全，盖冲。
- 最小的青花茶壶口冲，内窑冲。盖全。

H 31 - 13 cm (the two vases)

Dia.: 13,5 - 11,6 cm (the largest and the smallest saucer)

Dia.: 8,5 - 7 cm (the largest and the smallest cup)

H 4,8 - 4,5 cm (the tallest and the smallest cup)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The vase with a restored hairline to the rim. The cover with a break to the rim.
- The smallest vase in excellent condition.
- One cup in excellent condition. Three cups with a hairline to the rim, and one cup with a chip and related hairline to the rim.
- Four saucers in excellent condition, two saucers in quasi excellent condition with a few flakes to the rim and one saucer with a hairline to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 花瓶口冲修，盖子磕崩。
- 小花瓶全品。
- 一个杯子全，三个杯子口冲，一个杯子口飞冲。
- 四个碟子全，两个碟子口小飞，一个碟子冲。

H 19,3 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, with some visible Kintsugi restorations to the rim and handles. And the rim slightly polished.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相良好，口沿和耳都有金缮修复，轻微磨口。

H 35,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, some wear to the glaze of the handle's rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，耳上几处釉面磨损。

H 6 cm - Dia.: 12,4 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

Dia.: 22 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

H 47,7 - 45,4 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The luxing in excellent condition.
- The fuxing with a superficial chip on the back.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 禄星全品。
- 福星背后一个飞皮。

H 4,1 - Dia.: 7,8 cm (the cup)

Dia.: 12,6 cm (the saucer)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cup and saucer in excellent condition, with slight wear to the overglazed enamel design.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 杯碟皆是全品，釉上彩轻微磨损，几处缩釉。

H 25 - 17,5 - 17,2 cm (the three vases)

H 19 - 8,2 - 8 cm (the three jars)

H 13,8 cm - Dia.: 21 cm (the jardiniére)

H 12,5 cm - Dia: 13,7 cm (the monocrome brush pots)

H 5,5 cm - Dia.: 11,4 cm (the bowl)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The bowl with a chip to the rim.
- The two pink glazed flower pots in excellent condition.
- Three vases in excellent condition.
- The famille rose flower pot in excellent condition.
- The first small jar in excellent condition, the second with a chip to the inner rim. And both covers with a chip to the rim.
- The jar and cover in excellent condition, excepte a baking line under the rim of the jar.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 碗口沿磕崩。
- 胭脂红花瓶都是全品。
- 三个花瓶都是全品。
- 浅绛彩花盆全品。
- 一个小罐全，另一个内口沿飞。两盖子都有飞。
- 盖罐全，罐子肩部窑线。

Dia: 21,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both with overpainting to the entire backside.
- Otherwise appearing in good condition with minor superficial wear.

H 20,5 cm (the vase)

H 7 cm (the snuff bottle)

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个全品。

The vase with a yushang ding zhi mark.

H 35 cm (the vase)

H 12,3 cm - L 19,5 cm (the box)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The vase reduced at the top, with some small chips visible. The luting line in the lower part very visible and with important wear around it, possibly polished to remove baking flaws.
- The cover of the box with a chip to the pomegranate's top, otherwise good.
- The box in excellent condition with normal minor wear.

 

46,5 x 37 cm (the box)

43 x 33,7 cm (the xiangqi board)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

 

H 9 cm - Dia.: 11,9 cm

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一对全品。

H 9 cm - Dia.: 15 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with some slight wear to the glaze.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面轻微磨损。

H 72 - 56,5 cm (the qianjiang cai vase with and without base)

H 34,8 cm (the blue and white vase)

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The stand in good condition with the normal superficial wear and traces of use.

- The blue and white vase in good condition.

- The qianjiang cai vase with a small chip to the underside of the top rim and the gilt decoration reinforced.

H 43,5 cm (incl. the mounts)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 25,7 - 22,8 cm

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个全品。

H 53 cm (incl. the mounts)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, the foot rim with some glue traces.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，圈足有胶水痕迹。

H 46,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The plaque on left hand, ribbon, right arm armour and left shoe oversprayed, otherwise good.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 手里的牌子，飘带，右手臂铠甲和左靴都有喷漆修复痕迹。

Provenance:

- Private collection, Switzerland.

H 3,5 - W 7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, with a chip and a very small chip from the rim.

H 24 - L 48 - D 30,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The lacquer surface with wear, some crackling and minor losses. 
- One of the hinges loose from the front panel.

H 12,7 - L 22,5 - D 18 cm

 

The box contains the original pewter insert.

Condition:
- The lacquer box with normal superficial wear, minor small losses and tension lines.
- The feet most likely added later. With reinforcements and small repairs.
- The pewter interior with wear and the knob replaced.

H 48,2 - L 24,8 - D 22,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cabinet generally in good condition, with normal superficial wear, minor small losses and minor crackling of the lacquer.
- The foot with superficial wear, minor crackling and losses of the lacquer.

H 30,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in very good condition, with some casting flaws and superficial dents.
- A chip to the turtle's tail.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相良好，正常磨损，典型铸造瑕疵。
- 龟尾飞皮。

Work: 172,5 x 70 cm

Frame: 192 x 90 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, with some wear, and some small breaks.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相良好，正常磨损，几处小破损。

121 x 34 cm (the largest item)

32,5 x 30 cm (the largest rank badge)

28,5 x 21,5 cm (the smallest rank badge)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Four rank badges in very good condition, with normal superficial wear.
- One rank badge in less good condition.
- The large cloth with wear of the embroided silk edges. Minor losses of the applied design and loose threads.

H 8 cm (the censer)

H 5,4 - 4,6 cm (the largest and the smallest bowl)

Including various glazes such as junyao and amber-glaze.

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

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 都是全品。

Dia.: 20 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with a few typical minor chips to the base rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，圈足几处典型飞皮。

H 34,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with slight wear to the glaze and a few typical baking spots.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面轻微磨损，几处缩釉。
- 口轻微飘。

H 9 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with slight wear to the glaze.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，釉面轻微磨损。

H 9,5 - L 13,5 cm

The piece bears important similarities to Vietnamese or Annamese wares.

Ref.: Christie's, 6 Nov. 2019, lot 58, for a similar example. (link)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

 

H 29,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, a typical burst glaze bubble to the rim and a few typical baking flaws.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品，口沿一个爆釉，几处典型窑伤。

Dia.: 30 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- A small restored chip with related hairline of ca. 3,5 cm.

- Superficial glaze chips to the rim.

- Minor baking flaws.

- Furthermore in good condition, with a nice design.

 

Dia.: 21 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Minor (glaze) chips to both rims, as visible on the additional pictures. Furthermore in good condition. 

H 31,5 cm (incl. the mounts)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 全品。

H 13 cm - Dia.: 30,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Three hairlines and a chip to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 口沿三条冲线和一个飞皮。

Dia: 23,9 cm

 

In 1734, the Dutch East India Company commissioned Cornelis Pronk to produce designs for a set of China plates. This porcelain, so-called Chine de commande, was produced in China, then shipped to Europe and sold there. Pronk made four different designs, of which 'The Parasol Ladies' was the most popular. The Dutch East India Company ended the deal in 1740 because the production and shipping from China proved too costly. The original watercolour for the design is now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- A chip at three o'clock with a related hairline of ca. 10 cm.

- The rim with two other hairlines, one of ca. 3 cm and one of ca. 2 cm.

- Furthermore in good condition, with superficial wear, especially to the gilt decoration.

Dia.: 10,8 cm (the saucers)

H 3,8 cm - Dia.: 6,8 cm (the cups)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One cup with two short hairlines, one with a related small rim chip.
- The other cup with a hairline, otherwise in excellent condition.
- One saucer with a small superficial rim chip.
- The other saucer with a small rim chip and a related short hairline.

Dia.: 35,8 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A large restored rim section at ca. 3 o'clock.

H 10 - L 13,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The teapot with a few star-shaped glaze lines on the inside, a hairline under the handle.
- The cover with some chips to the rim and the finial with a section of glaze loss.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 茶壶内多个鸡爪，手柄下一条冲线。
- 盖子多个磕崩，盖钮剥釉。

Provenance:

- Ex-collection M.H. Turner (object no 30).

H 10,5 - L 15,7 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The cover in excellent condition, with a glaze loss to the finial.
- The teapot in quasi excellent condition, with a chip to the leaf above the foot rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 盖子全品，盖钮一个剥釉。
- 茶壶下边叶子一个磕崩。

Dia.: 11,1 cm

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

Dia.: 10,5 - 10 cm (the saucers)

Dia.: 6,6 - 6,2 cm (the cups)

H 3,5 - 3,2 cm (the cups)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One saucer in excellent condition.
- One saucer in quasi excellent condition, with a flake to the rim.
- One saucer with hairlines to the rim.
- Three cups with hairlines and chips to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一个碟子全品，一个碟子口小飞，一个碟子口冲。
- 三个杯子口冲和飞皮。

 

H 19 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Both vases in very good condition, with a few flakes and glaze loss to the rim and foot rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相良好，口沿和圈足有几个小飞皮和剥釉。

Provenenance:

- Ex-collection J.F. Van Herck, Antwerp.

- Ex-collection Thierry Maes, expert.

Dia.: 11,3 cm (the saucers)

Dia:. 7 cm (the cups)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One cup with a chip and related hairline to the rim.
- One cup with a reglued break to the rim.
- Two saucers in excellent condition.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 一杯子口飞冲，一个杯子口裂。
- 两个碟子全品。

Dia.: 11,6 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The saucer with a restored chip and related hairline to the rim, with related overspraying. 

- Minor wear to the design.

- Furthermore in good condition.

H 6,9 cm - Dia.: 15 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- A hairline and a few chips to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 口飞和一条冲线。

Dia: 37,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with some spots of typical glaze loss to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿几处典型剥釉。

Provenance:

- The Johanneum marks denote that these dishes were in the Collection of Augustus The Strong, and housed in the Japanese Palace in Dresden. Johanneum was 'the building at Dresden, now a museum, containing the former Royal Saxon Porcelain Collection started and largely formed in the so-called Japanese Palace by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony. The specimens belonging to the old Collection bear marks referring to an inventory begun in 1721' (W.B. Honey, European Ceramic Art, pp. 337-338).

 

Ref.:

- A similar pair of chargers offered at Christie's, London, Sale: Four British Collections Including Important Furniture, June 5, 2008, lot 194 (est. GBP 10.000-15.000, sold GBP 21.250, link).

Dia.: 21,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The first plate with two hairlines and a chip to the rim.
- The second plate with a restored break and a few small typical refilled chips to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个盘子都口冲，飞皮。

One of the plates with on the reverse the note 'Mr. Greene'.

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium.

Dia.: 36,2 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The dish with some typical glaze loss around the rim.
- Two restored breaks to the rim, with related overspraying and overpainting around.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 盘子口沿一圈剥釉，口沿两处破裂修复，有相应的喷漆和复绘痕迹。

 Dia.: 20,9 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Two plates with a restored breaks to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个盘子口都有破裂修复。

Dia.: 11 cm (the saucers)

H 4 cm - Dia.: 6,6 cm (the cups)

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Two cups in excellent condition.
- Four cups with hairline to the rim.
- One saucer with a chip to the rim.
- One saucer with a chip and a hairline to the rim.
- One saucer with a hairline to the rim.
- Two saucers in excellent condition.
- One saucer with a tiny flake to the rim.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 两个杯子全品。
- 四个杯子口冲。
- 一个碟子口飞。
- 一个碟子口飞冲。
- 一个碟子口冲。
- 两个碟子全。
- 一个碟子口小飞。

Dia.: 23 cm

 Condition: (UV-checked)
- In quasi excellent condition, with a tiny flake under the rim. And some wear to the overglazed enamel design.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 近乎全品，口沿下小飞。
- 釉上彩轻微磨损。

Ref.:

- A very similar plate depicted in Stephen Hartog, Pronken met Oosters porselein, Waanders-Zwolle, 1990, pp. 135-136. This book is also part of this lot.

Work: 63 x 43,5 cm

Frame: 76 x 56 cm 

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good and hangable condition, with some negligible superficial wear.

- Not inspected outside the frame.

H 20 cm

Provenance:

- Private collection, Antwerp.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in good condition, with some wear to the gilding.
- Lacks the inlaid stone to the crown and some superficial dents throughout.

品相：（已用紫外线光检查）
- 整体品相良好，鎏金磨损。
- 宝冠上的石头遗失，佛像多处轻微凹痕。

Dia.: 26,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Typical chips to the rim.

- Important crack running from the rim towards the center.

- Rim with tight hair- and glazelines throughout. 

- Some baking flaws.

339 x 232 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, with negligible wear and traces of use.

- Unsigned.

- The fringes shortened at some places.

 

H 116,5 cm

42 x 42 cm 

Condition:
- Both pedestals generally in very good condition, with normal superficial wear and very minor superficial scuff marks.
- Both bases with minor small chips from the veneer and a few superficial dent marks.

H 98 - L 158,5 - D 63 cm 

Condition:
- The marble top in very good condition with minor superficial wear and two negligible chips from the backside.
- The chest of drawers generally in very good condition, with minor superficial wear.
- The left drawer with a superficial scratch mark on the right hand side.
- The column on the left side with a negligible dent mark.
- The feet with typical minor scuff marks, as to be expected from normal use and cleaning gear such as a vacuum cleaner or broom.

Work: 32,1 x 26,4 cm

Frame: 56,5 x 52,5 cm

Condition:
- Generally in good condition, with normal superficial wear. Some small repairs and pieces reglued with related retouching and regilding.

H 167 - L 130 - D 55 cm

Condition: 
- Generally in very good condition, with normal superficial wear. The glass of the right hand side with a small superficial chip from one corner in the top. The glass in the top with a number of small superficial chips from the rim.

 

Work: 101 x 74 cm

Frame: 125 x 96,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in general in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some overpaint in different phases (in the upper half: background + the feather, in the lower half: clothing accentuated and restoration of a tear).

- Normal minor wear to the borders due to the framing. Bottom center a small spot of flaking paint.

Work: 59 x 44 cm

Frame: 85 x 69 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish and some restorations: two restored holes in the canvas (central right and at the right side) and restorations in the zone of the top of the mountains in the center. Some touch-ups here and there.

Work: 55 x 45 cm

Frame: 81,5 x 71 cm

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Galerie Georges Giroux.

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good and hangable condition.

- Canvas with a small restored tear (see also the picture of the reverse).

- Usual minor wear to the borders due to the framing.

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

Work: 65 x 54 cm

Frame 87,5 x 76 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- With some overpaint (e.g. glass windows on the left side, central background -most probably relined due to a hole in the original canvas in in the area under the coat racks -, dark part of the skirt).

Work: 55 x 46 cm

Frame: 90,5 x 81 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good and hangable condition.

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

- The UV-light shows some overpaint: tree in the center, shrubbery on the right and some touch-ups.

Work: 10,5 x 8,5 cm

Frame: 13,5 x 11,2 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good condition, with minor wear and traces of use. The normal flaking paint to the borders.

- No overpaint visible under UV-light.

H 37 cm

 

The sculpture signed and marked 'Echte Bronze'. 

Condition:
- Generally in very good condition, with normal superficial wear. The marble base with a number of small superficial chips from the edges.

H 30 cm

 

Ref.:

- P. Kjellberg, Les bronzes du XIXe siècle, Paris, 1989, pp. 189-192.

Condition: 
- Generally in very good to excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

H 48 cm (incl. the base)

Weight: 14 kg

 

The sculpture marked 'Cire perdue Paris'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The sculpture in very good condition, with the normal superficial wear and minor traces of use (see additional pictures).

- The marble base restored, with a small chip at the right side and a missing part at the left bottom front corner. 

Work: 51,5 x 38 cm

Paper: 57 x 43 cm

Frame: 83 x 69 cm

 

The lithograph based on the painting 'La grande guerre' by René Magritte and edited by Philippe Moreno, with the autorisation and under control of the ADAGP, representing 'La Succession Magritte' (see also the stamps in the left and right bottom corner).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good and hangable condition, no remarks whatsoever.

Work: 55 x 46,5 cm

Frame: 77 x 69 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in very good condition and hangable condition.

- The UV-light shows the typical colour of the varnish, with some small retouches, especially to the borders.

 

Work: 41 x 30,5 cm

Frame: 62,5 x 52,7 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in very good and hangable condition.

- Two very small professionally restored holes in the canvas.

- The UV-light shows the typical colour of the varnish, with hardly touch-ups.

H 28,5 cm

Weight: 900 g

 

For more information about the silversmith family Samson ('orfèvres virtuoses à Toulouse'), see: link. 

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Francis Janssens van der Maelen.

- Private collection, Belgium, Bruges.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

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

170,5 x 82 cm

79,5 x 79,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Both fragments in good condition, with restorations all-over (minor repairs of tears, holes and loose threads in all zones).

- The smallest fragment: top left corner of another wall tapestry (or another frament of the same tapestry).

296 x 103,5 cm 

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The wall tapestry in good condition, with small restorations all-over (minor repairs of tears, holes and loose threads in all zones).

H 72 cm

 

The 'Master of the Six-Pointed Star' or 'Master of the Star of David' was long misidentified as Thomas Hazart (link). It may be a sculptor with the name 'De Wael' or 'De Waele' (link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The typical signs of ageing.

- Superficial wear throughout.

- Dress nicely decorated.

- Woodworm upper right shoulder.

- Touch-ups to the most probably original polychromy.

- Nose restored.

 

 

H 110,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- Minor missing parts (tip of the feet, damage to the right hand of the Madonna,...)

- Some restored cracks (abdomen and right leg Madonna, etc.)

- Normal wear.

- Some folds remodeled.

- See also the additional pictures.

Work: 66,5 x 54,5 cm

Frame: 94 x 82,5 cm

 

The work comes with a certificate from Jan Hoet, which confirms that this is a painting by the Belgian painter Emile Claus (1849-1924). Hoet was appointed director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent in 1975, then housed in several rooms of the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent and the predecessor of the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art (Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, S.M.A.K.), founded in 1999. He retired as curator of the SMAK in 2003: 'Ondergetekende Jan Hoet, conservator Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst te Gent, verklaart het werk van Emile Claus, waarvan afbeelding op keerzijde, naar authenticiteit te hebben onderzocht. Het bevat alle karakteristieken van een authentiek werk zowel qua factuur, kleuraanbreng en lichtnuances. Het schilderij bevindt zich in een goedgeconserveerde staat. Gent, 11 augustus 1982'. (The undersigned Jan Hoet, curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Ghent, declares that he has examined the work of Emile Claus, of which the image is depicted on the reverse, for authenticity. It contains all the characteristics of an authentic work in terms of making, colour application and light nuances. The painting is in a well-preserved condition. Ghent, August 11, 1982)

The chassis bears the studio stamps of Emile Claus ('Atelier Emile Claus') at the back. Works bearing this stamp were, under normal circumstances, part of what was present in Claus' studio at the time of his death. It happened that a signature was placed on unsigned works (in the case of Emile Claus, for example, this was done by his muse Jenny Montigny).

There is a very real chance that the work is a collaboration of several hands. On the basis of characteristics and style it can be suggested that Anna De Weert (1867-1950) finished the work under the supervision of Claus and that the work was present in the artist's studio at the time of his death.

Work: 21,5 x 14,3 cm

Paper: 44 x 27 cm

Frame: 47 x 30 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in good and hangable condition.

- Some traces of aging.

- The borders with negligible traces of use.

 

38,5 x 28,5 cm

 

Part of 'The Large Passion'. The watermark in the paper is 'Der große Reichsapfel mit Strich und Stern' and can be dated ca. 1523.

 

Provenance:

- Ex-collection Karl Edouard von Liphart (1808-1891), Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (collection stamp on the reverse). In his sale of 5 December 1876 different Dürer prints were offered.

- Ex-collection Peter Gellatly (1831-1912), London and Essex (collection stamp on the reverse). In his sale of 13-18 Mai 1911 different Dürer prints were offered.

- Ex-collection Gottfried Eissler (1862-1924), Vienna (collection stamp on the reverse). In his sale of 8-10 November 1921 different Dürer prints were offered.

- Private collection, the Netherlands.

 

Ref.:

- A very similar but slightly older example offered at Christie's, London, Sale: Prints & Multiples, 29 March, 2017, lot 14 (est. GBP 2.000-3.000, sold GBP 3.250, link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in good condition, especially considering the age.

- A little shortened.

- Bottom half with some mould.

- The normal minor creases in the paper.

- Bottom left corner with very minor damage.

- Middle left: a tear of ca. 3,5 cm (near the rocks)

- A few very small negligible tears to the borders, some restored.

- At the height of 1/4 a trace of water.

- Minor spots. 

- The border most probably retouched, especially in the right top corner.

- The watermark visible above the city, between the trees.

- See also the additional pictures.

 

Work: 49 x 38 cm

Frame: 66 x 55 cm

 

The painting is accompanied by a certificate from Dr. Jaco Rutgers (all observations done on the basis of an inspection and in-depth study of the painting).

"Among the distinguishing factors of Antwerp painting of the early modern period are the many collaborations between the individual masters. Famous among these are the ones between Jan Brueghel the Elder and his friends, among others Peter Paul Rubens and Hendrick van Balen. Slightly lesser known to the general public are the many collaborations between the same Jan Brueghel and Joos de Momper the Younger. Some of their collaborative works are already mentioned in old inventories, as well as in the diary kept by Jan’s son Jan the Younger. In most of the known works, a mountainous landscape by Joos is enlivened by small figures added to the composition by Jan. As a specialist in landscape paintings, De Momper often invited colleagues to ornate his pictures with small staffage figures. In the case of this Coastal Landscape with Fishermen displaying their Goods, the collaboration appears to have been of a different nature. The subject matter, a coastal landscape, is atypical for Joos and rather seems an invention by Jan. As will be argued here, this painting is actually even based on a composition by the latter. The many figures give the composition a strong anecdotal quality and therefore are indispensable for the painting. Both the relatively larger ones in the foreground and the tiny ones in the distance were clearly added by another hand than the landscape and architecture. Obviously, it was the hand of a gifted artist who had experience in painting this type of staffage figures. The swift and relatively broad brushstrokes are typical for Jan Brueghel the Elder, who, as mentioned earlier,
more often collaborated with Joos de Momper in this capacity. Examples of these collaborations can be found in major museums, like the Statensmuseum for Kunst in Copenhagen (inv. KMSsp213 and KMSsp214) and the Museo del Prado in Madrid (inv. P001443 and P001591).

Moreover, quite a few of the figures appear in the same poses as staffage in other compositions. For instance, the man with his red shirt and yellow pants carrying a basket of fish lower right can also be detected in The Large Fish Market with Self-Portrait of 1603 in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (inv. 1889), just right of the horse-drawn-cart lower left.3 A similar greyhound can be found in an oil sketch with different types of dogs in different poses by Jan Brueghel the Elder which is kept in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (inv. GG 6985). Undoubtedly, it was one of many so-called stock figures used time and again by the artist. Some of these were only assembled in oil sketches around 1615 after having been used for decades. And the muleteer with his donkey centre left also appears in Coastal Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter of 1608 in the Gemälde Galerie Alte Meister, Dresden (inv. 883).5 Dating the staffage is not easy, although the slightly elongated figures seem to point to the second decade of the seventeenth century. It is also how
they appear in, for instance, the drawings Jan made during his trip to Spa in 1612. The landscape and architecture were rendered by Joos de Momper the Younger. His typical hand
can be recognized in the accurate brushstrokes, locally applied translucently to make use of the warm ochre tint of the top grounding layer of the panel. And his style is also apparent in the distinguishing colour scheme with a preference for shades of brown and green. The landscape in A Coastal Landscape with Fishermen displaying their Goods compares well to that of other collaborative pictures, for instance, Mountainous landscape with the Temple of Vesta, formerly with Galerie Hoogendijk, and Odysseus with the Nymph Calypso in the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (inv. 583). The first, with the figures by Jan Brueghel the Elder, is generally dated to the last years of the first decade of seventeenth century and the latter, with figures by Hendrick van Balen, to the middle of the second decade.

The paintings by Joos de Momper are difficult to date because of the lack of dated and firmly documented works. There is general agreement on the development of his style, however. His later work, for example, is characterized by a looser handling of the brush, a more opaque use of paint and a growing intensity in his use of colors. These specific features cannot be recognized here, as already partly explained above. So, this coastal landscape seems to date from well before 1620, purely on the basis of De Momper’s contribution alone. A date of around the middle of the second decade of the seventeenth century, suggested by Brueghel’s figures and De Momper’s landscape style, is confirmed by a dendro-chronological investigation by Professor Dr. Peter Klein. He proposes an earliest creation of the painting as being possible from c. 1612. The subject of a coastal landscape with classical ruins was popularized by the prints of Aegidius Sadeler, published in Prague in 1606 in the series Vestigi delle antichità di Roma, Tivoli, Pozzuolo et altri luochi. For the prints with ruins by the sea, Sadeler used preparatory drawings by Jan Brueghel the Elder and Pieter Stevens. And indeed, from around this time onwards, it is a recurring theme in the paintings from the workshop of Jan the Elder and sometime later his son, Jan the Younger. Coastal Landscape with the Calling of St. Peter of 1608 in Dresden was already mentioned
above and another one, dated 1609, is in a private collection. This particular ancient ruin is based on the Temple of Sybil at Tivoli close to Rome. Many artists made the trip into the hills east of Rome to render these Roman remains in their drawings. And consequently, it became a popular motive in landscape paintings and prints of the late sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth century. It figures also in one of the engravings by Aegidius Sadeler from the Vestigi series.

The composition of our Coastal Landscape with Fishermen displaying their Goods can also be recognized in a drawing which was sold as a work by Jan Brueghel the Elder with Sotheby’s in New York in 2002. This drawing is dated lower left: ‘1608’, and inscribed on the reverse: ‘den 8 februarie 1608.’ Even details, like the donkey and muleteer in the left middle ground, are included in both the drawing and the painting, so the assumption that there is a firm relationship between the two seems justified. The drawing, however, is not by Brueghel himself but seems a copy after him. The date on the drawing probably refers to the original since it is close in date to the afore mentioned two painted coastal landscapes with ruins created in 1608 and 1609, respectively. This makes it very likely that Joos de Momper based his landscape on a Brueghel invention and also had the staffage included by the inventor of the composition. This newly discovered collaborative work by Joos de Momper the Younger and Jan Brueghel the Elder, A Coastal Landscape with Fishermen displaying their Goods, is a very welcome addition to the oeuvres of both artists. Furthermore, the relation of the painting to the related drawing presented here sheds new light on the nature of their collaboration and their working methods. As such, the painting greatly contributes to our knowledge and the tentative date of c. 1615 could be the starting point to new datings of other works by both painters."
 

Ref.:

- A very similar 1608 dated drawing (pen in brown ink, blue and brown wash on paper) by Jan Brueghel I ('Capriccio van een rotsachtig kustlandschap met motief van de tempel van de Sibylle in Tivoli') is part of the RKD database (link, see also the picture with the RKD watermark). This drawing naturally supports the authorship of Jan Brueghel I.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in good and hangable condition.

- The UV-light shows foremost some retouching in the sky and -typical- along the joints. Nevertheless, the restorations don't alter the original aspect of painting and composition at all.

- The UV-light shows also some normal traces of old varnish.

- Two smaller cracks in the lower part of the panel.

Work: 47,5 x 61 cm

Frame: 64,5 x 78,5 cm

 

Based on the prime version in the Alte Pinakothek, Münich, inv./cat. no. 317 (link).

Depicted is the well-known Old Testament story of Susanna, the beautiful and pious wife of Joachim, a wealthy Jew in Babylonian exile. While bathing in her garden, she was spied on by two elderly men, who made in vain indecent proposals to her, whereupon, in revenge, they accused the chaste woman of adultery with a young man, completely unjustly (Daniel 13: 1-24).

This subject was one of the most popular themes of biblical iconography and was depicted countless times in early modern period painting. As an example of female chastity, the theme was of course an 'exemplum virtutis', but this biblical bathing scene was also a pretext for depicting sensual female nudes. The destination of this type of painting was mainly the relative seclusion of the bourgeois or aristocratic interior.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- Faint network of craquelures.

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

Work: 75,5 x 61 cm

Frame: 100 x 86,5 cm

 

This extraordinary depiction can be attributed to the Paris period of Willem Kalf (ca. 1641-1646, link).

The attribution to Willem Kalf was recognized on July 10, 2023 by Dr. Liliane Huillet.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in general in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with in the left bottom corner and in the left top corner a small restored hole - the reason for the relining - and some overpaint in different phases. Due to the nature of the varnish, the overpaint is difficult to see, a new varnish would enhance the work.

Work: 29,7 x 20 cm (the painted surface)

Frame: 37 x 27 cm (the integral frame)

 

‘Master of the Gold Brocade’ or ‘Master of the Brocade Background’ are so-called ‘Notnamen’ given to the as yet unidentified artist who painted a number of works, mostly depicting the Madonna and Child. Their distinctive feature is a background of gold leaf that is made to look like the extremely costly, decorative fabric ‘brocade’, generally a combination of coloured silks and gold and silver threads. The artist was most probably active in the last decades of the 15th and/or the first years of the 16th century, possibly in Brussels. He must have had great success with variations on older types of Madonnas, among others Rogier van der Weyden’s well-known depictions of the Virgin with one bare breast.

In this creative variant on the Virgo Lactans type, showing the Virgin nourishing the Child, baby Jesus rests his head on Mary’s bare breast after having been fed. The peaceful and satisfied expression on the face of the young Christ, very clear despite the closed eyes, together with the tenderness shown by the Madonna create a perfect devotional image. This beautiful display of motherly love, an emotion well understandable for most mortals, must have been intended to evoke a deep adoration for the Virgin and the Son of God with the beholder.

Quite a few known pictures attributed to the Master of the Gold Brocade and his entourage show this composition, either in the same direction as the present work, or in mirror image. Only very few are in public collections, one being in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon (inv. CA T 57). This painting, with many others, shows the characteristics attributed to our master, apart from the signature background imitating gold brocade: the depiction of the hair with rather bold brushstrokes and accents in gold, the rather heavy and relatively rectangular folds on the clothes, the dark outlines of among others the fingers and noses, and the strong contrast between lighter and shadowy passages. And these characteristics are also evident in the present composition. However, this picture is also obviously the most subtle and detailed of the known versions in the rendering of the facial expressions of both protagonists, and the depiction of the hair and clothes. No other shows the same subtle tenderness in the display of emotions and gestures.

The re-emergence of this high-quality panel by the Master of the Gold Brocade is essential for our knowledge of the artist and should be regarded as the point of departure for further studies of this interesting phenomenon in the history of art. The present composition must have enjoyed some popularity as is indicated by a number of close copies by followers of our master: one was sold with Christie’s in New York on 19 April 2018, lot 200, and another was offered with Van Ham, Cologne, on 19 May 2017, lot 503.

The painting is accompanied by a certificate from Dr. Jaco Rutgers of 13 November 2022 (all observations done on the basis of an inspection of the original painting).

 

Provenance:

- With D.A. Hoogendijk & Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

- Private collection, Belgium.

 

Ref.:

- Micheline Comblen-Sonkes, Les Primitifs Flamands 1, Corpus de la peinture des anciens Pays-Bas méridionaux au XVe siècle: Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon (2 vols.), Brussels, 1986, I, p. 239, n°14 (our painting is 'plus pictural' than most other works by the Master of the Gold Brocade).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The work in good and hangable condition.

- The gold ground well preserved.

- The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with small interventions (eg. the neck of the Madonna; see also the additional pictures).

- Authentic engaged frame. 

Work: 65,5 x 45,5 cm

Frame: 83 x 62,7 cm

 

At first sight, the work seems to fit into the oeuvre of the Antwerp baroque painter Theodoor Van Loon (1581/82-1667). However, the way of painting suggests a rather French hand.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in general in good and hangable condition.

- Relined.

- Uv light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with overpaint: background left, accents in the hair and beard, the centre with some overpaint (because of a tear, see also: relined), palm of the hand and some smaller retouches. Restored lacunes.

Work: 27,2 x 23,5 cm

Frame: 41,2 x 37,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good and hangable condition.

- Typical minor wear to the borders due to the framing.

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

- Would benefit of a cleaning (see difference at the right side, photo 2).

 

Work: 41 x 32,5 cm

Frame: 54,5 x 46 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in general in rather good condition.

- The right bottom corner of the panel with some damage.

- Right top corner with some flaking paint. 

- Traces of use (e.g. scratches). Touch-ups and some overpaint (but rather difficult to see under UV-light due to the varnish).

 

Work: 98,5 x 74 cm

Frame: 113 x 88,5 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The painting in general in rather good and hangable condition.

- Relined (holes/tears in the original canvas).

- With some wear.

The UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with overpaint: in the clouds (central also a small restored tear), touch-ups and smaller zones here and there, etc.

- A faint network of craquelures. 

 

Work: 88 x 81,5 cm

Frame: 125,5 x 120 cm

 

Both the subject and the painting style betray the hand of Jan Looten (1617/1618-1681), a Dutch landscape painter, who moved to London and York (link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in good and hangable condition.

- Relined and a faint network of craquelures.

- Minor wear to the borders due to the framing.

- UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish, with some touch-ups in different phases, esp. left top corner.

- Notched signature in the right bottom corner (SVRois?). 

 

Work: 120,6 x 93,6 cm

Frame: 138 x 110,2 cm

 

The work is very much in line with what we would expect from artists such as Adriaan Hanneman (ca. 1601-1671). In addition, the provenance also suggests a connection with the oeuvre of Lucas II Franchoys (1616-1681).

 

Provenance:

- Private collection, Malines.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In general in good and hangable condition.

- Work recently restored and ready to be hung.

- Relined.

- With UV-light: various signs of age (restored tears and holes), some overpaint (especially the man's dress). The face - with the exception of the left outer side - with minor overpaint.

 

 

35,5 x 31 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally in very good condition, with normal superficial wear.
- A small superficial chip from the top rim.
- Minor small flaking paint as visible on the photos.

120 x 94,6 cm

 

Condition:

- The mirror in very good and hangable condition, with the normal traces of use.

- The frame with wear to the gilt decoration.

- Flower central top added, most probably to hide a small break in the glass (see additional pictures).

- A small square mirror glass missing in the left bottom corner (from the point of view of the mirror).

H 40 - 19,3 cm

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The set in very good to excellent condition.

 

H 17,5 cm (the mocha pot and cover)

Dia.: 10,9 cm (the saucers)

H 8,5 cm (the milk jug)

H 8 cm (the sugar pot)

H 5,5 cm (the cups)

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In very good condition, no remarks whatsoever.

 

 

 

 

 

Dia.: 33 cm

 

Ref.:

- A similar relief decorated large platter with fish, attributed to Victor or Achille Barbizet, is part of the collection of The MET, accession number 2020.86.18 (link).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The eel with superficial fritting and a superficial chip.

- One of the flowers with a missing petal.

- At the height of the snake a restored chip, with related overspraying.

- The reverse with stilts.

- Furthermore in good condition.

H 12,5 cm - Dia.: 13,3 cm

 

The jar marked, signed (J. Guardiola) and dated (21 Juny 1934).

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The jar in very good condition.

- A chip and the figure on top of the cover reglued, a negligible glaze chip to the inside of the rim, furthermore in good condition. 

H 27,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In excellent condition, with normal superficial wear.

Dia.: 51 cm

 

Ref.:

- Part of the exhibition 'Rétrospective de Céramiques nivernaises - Nevers 1937'.

 

Condition: (UV-checked)

- The typical glaze glaze and rim chips.

- The upper part of the outer rim with restoration.

H 11 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The handle probably associated and reattached at both ends, with some added external material.
- Typical superficial wear, baking flaws and a few small chips as visible.

H 6 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- Generally very good, with minor chips throughout as visible.

H 28,5 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- In very good condition, two short negligible glaze lines on the interior of the neck, a few small superficial chips and normal minor superficial wear.

H 19,5 - 10 cm 

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The green candlestick with a reglued section to the rim, consisting of three reglued parts. Typical minor superficial wear throughout.
- The yellow candlestick with some chipping to the upper rim, to the rim of the dripping pan and to the underside of the base. The stem with a reglued horizontal break just above the central knob. Typical minor superficial wear throughout.
- The glazes on both candlesticks well preserved and still attractive.

H 55,5 - 55 cm

Condition: (UV-checked)
- One vase and two lids in good to very good condition with typical superficial chips and minor superficial wear throughout.
- One vase with a number of repairs to superficial chips on the body and around the base, as well as a large chip to the base.

Dia.: 32 - 30,5 cm (the largest and the smallest charger)

Condition:
- Generally in good condition with visible typical small rim chips throughout.

Dia.: 36,6 - 34,8 cm (the largest and the smallest charger)

Condition:
- Ten in very good condition with some typical small superficial rim chips.
- Two with small repairs on the rim.

Dia.: 23,7 - 12,8 cm (the largest plate and the smallest saucer)

Condition:
- The seven smallest: four in good condition with typical small rim chips, three with typical small rim chips and a drilled suspension hole.
- The two pairs in between: all four in good condition.
- The fourteen 'regular' plates: twelve in good condition with typical small rim chips, two with a small repair on the rim.