Chinoiserie

Paire d'encoignures. Paris, vers 1720.  photo Delorme & Collin du Bocage présentant une façade légè-rement galbée à deux vantaux et des montants à ressaut en bois noirci se détachant sur une marqueterie géométrique en bois de violette. Les chutes des montants sont ornées de bronzes dorés et ciselés, fortement ajourés. Les pieds sont ornés d'une feuille d'acanthe, également en bronze doré et ciselé. Chaque vantail est constitué d'un panneau en laque de Chine représentant un paysage lacustre animé de personnages. Une fine... [Lire la suite]

An Italian mid-19th century black and gilt Japanned and painted cabinet on stand, Venice or Rome, re-using an earlier cabinet. photo Bonhams the rectangular parcel-gilt top above a pair of cupboard doors decorated with pagodas and Oriental figures, opening to reveal an architectural interior with balustrade balcony, niches and arrangement of drawers fronted with panels depicting landscapes with animals and figures dressed in typical costumes, the sides decorated with flowers, on a later base with butterflies and foliage, on... [Lire la suite]

A rare French mid-19th century ebony and ebonised Japanese lacquer bureau à dos d'âne, possibly by Louis Auguste Alfred Beurdeley, Paris. photo Bonhams the fall front opening to a lacquered interior fitted with three drawers surmounted by a pigeon hole, above a gilt tooled red leather writing surface, the frieze with a simulated drawer with a central stylised foliate mount, flanked to each corner by a scrolling acanthus clasp, on cabriole legs and pierced scrolling sabots, 97cm wide, 48cm deep, 89cm high (38" wide, 18.5"... [Lire la suite]

A French mid-19th century ormolu mounted amaranth, fruitwood and Japanese lacquer secrétaire à abattant. photo Bonhams the brocatelle d'Espagne marble top within a pierced drapery gallery, above a long drawer centred by a female mask issuing floral garlands, the fall front with a lacquer panel depicting a group of Samouraï in a landscape, opening to an interior with one shelf and four small drawers with a central pigeon hole, above a frieze drawer with a push release button, each side panel with a lacquer medallion depicting a... [Lire la suite]

A French late 19th century ormolu-mounted mahogany, satiné and Coromandel lacquer bonheur du jour by Fernand Kohl, Paris. photo Bonhams surmounted by a rectangular marble top, opening with two doors to an interior fitted with one shelf, above a frieze drawer with a push release button, on square tapering legs and toupie feet joined by an under-tier, the drawer with a metal plaque inscribed Fernand KOHL/ 55 rue traversière/ PARIS, 96cm wide, 44cm deep, 161cm high (37.5" wide, 17" deep, 63" high). Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000, US$... [Lire la suite]

A French mid-19th century Louis XV style Chinese porcelain and gilt bronze twin-light candelabra au chinois by l'Escalier de cristal, Paris. Photo Bonhams together with the mount for the pair; inscribed under the base Escalier de cristal Paris, 22cm wide, 24cm high (8.5" wide, 9" high). (2). Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000, US$ 4,900 - 8,200, € 3,500 - 5,800 - UnsoldProvenance: - Collection Pierre Lécoules, Paris. Bonhams. Fine European Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art including the Beurdeley collection, 6 Jul 2011, New Bond... [Lire la suite]

Pendule dite «A l'éléphant» Par Georges Causard, Horloger du Roy suivant la Cour (actif jusqu'en 1789) Reçu Maître en 1770. Paris, époque Louis XV. Photo Marc-Arthur Kohn Bronzes dorés, patinés et vernis, émail et verre Cadran signé CAUSARD Horloger du Roy suivant la Cour H. 48 cm, L. 31 cm - Estimation : 100 000 - 120 000 € Cette belle pendule dite «à l'éléphant» a été réalisée en différents types de bronzes ciselés, à la fois dorés, patinés et vernis permettant un savant jeu de couleurs et de composition. Le... [Lire la suite]

Paire de bougeoirs"Aux Magots". Paris, époque Louis XVI. Photo Marc-Arthur Kohn Porcelaine de Chine XVIIIe siècle et bronzes dorés H. 19 cm, L. 11 cm. Estimation : 40 000 - 50 000 € Cette ravissante paire de bougeoirs à la composition tout à fait originale, traduit le véritable engouement qui existait pour l'exotisme, la nature et les objets montés durant le règne de Louis XVI. Chaque bougeoir est composé d'un magot trapu assis et rieur en porcelaine polychrome de Chine. Ils prennent place chacun dans une cage... [Lire la suite]

A Saint Cloud silver-mounted circular snuff box, circa 1735. Photo Bonhams Moulded in relief with pagodas on landscape vignettes to the side, a parrot perched on a branch to the base and a hunt vignette with a boar and hound on the cover, the silver mount with discharge mark of Hubert Louvet, Paris 1732-38, 4.5cm diam, (haircrack to side of box at rear). Estimate: £800 - 1,200, € 920 - 1,400, US$ 1,300 - 2,000 - Sold for £2,280 Provenance: Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1319 Literature: Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, no.... [Lire la suite]

  A Saint Cloud gold-mounted box in the form of a monk, circa 1740.  Photo Bonhams The bearded figure holding a beaker in his right hand, traces of marks to mount, perhaps the 'crowned mace' discharge mark for Jacques Cottin, Paris, 1727-32, 5.6cm across, 4.7cm high; Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000, € 2,300 - 3,400, US$ 3,300 - 4,900 - Sold for £4,800 Provenance: Alfred Joseph Collection, no. 1307 Literature: Beaucamp-Markowsky 1988, no. 78; Munger 2002, fig. 6 Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1972-2003; London,... [Lire la suite]