Leilão 161 Antiguidades e Obras de Arte - 3ª Sessão

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Antiques and Works of Art

22, 23 and 24 September 2014

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760

Our Lady of the Rosary, Lusíada, ivory sculpture, Indo-Portuguese, 17th C., small faults

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 21,5 cm

€ 2,700 - 4,050 Base - Estimate

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761

Our Lady of the Rosary, Lusíada, ivory sculpture, carved stand "Cherub", Indo-Portuguese, 17th C., small fault on the cloak

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 21 cm

€ 1,700 - 2,550 Base - Estimate

€ 0Unsold - Available to buy

762

Crucified Christ, Lusíada, partly polychrome ivory sculpture, later carved Brazilian rosewood cross, Indo-Portuguese, 18th C., one missing finger

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 30 cm

€ 1,200 - 1,800 Base - Estimate

€ 1,300Sold

763

Crucified Christ, Lusíada, partly polychrome ivory sculpture, Brazilian rosewood cross with gilt stand and carvings, silver applications, Indo-Portuguese, 18th C., faults on fingers, restored gilt

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 22,5 (Cristo) cm

€ 700 - 1,050 Base - Estimate

€ 700Sold

764

Crucified Christ, ivory sculpture, Lusíada ebony cross (Indo-Portuguese) with scalloped and engraved silver applications, Europe, 18th C.

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 20 cm

€ 600 - 900 Base - Estimate

€ 2,200Sold

765

Crucified Christ, Lusíada, ivory sculpture, Indo-Portuguese, 17th C., restorations, small faults on fingers

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 17,5 cm

€ 150 - 225 Base - Estimate

€ 380Sold

766

Crucified Christ, Lusíada, partly gilt ivory sculpture, carved and gilt wooden cross with silver applications, Indo-Portuguese, 18th C., faults and defects

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 22,5 cm

€ 800 - 1,200 Base - Estimate

€ 1,150Sold

767

A Box Lusíada, ivory, carved decoration with traces of gilt "«Hamsa», «Simha» and «vegetal motifs»", relief and engraved silver mirror and lock jamb, engraved silver corners, relief silver lid handle with carved edges "Snake heads ", Singhalese-Portuguese, 16th C. (2nd half), silk lined interior, small faults on the bottom, small defects Rare and significant chest-like casket, rectangular in shape, with a flat lid and projecting base. The box is formed of four dovetailed ivory panels, held in place with metal pins. Two panels make up the lid and two more form the base, assembled with half lap splice joints. All sides except the base are profusely carved in low-relief with scrollwork encircling variations on the bar-headed goose (Hamsa), symbol of perfect union, harmony and life. There are also a lion-headed Hamsa on the right side and a makara-headed Simha on the front. The lid, with its silver handle, is decorated with scrollwork with lotus flowers, Hamsa and Simha on the border, and with two facing Simha in the centre. There are traces of the gold leaf gilding once applied to the polished carved surface. The silver mounts, mainly the finely chased lock, as can be seen in the microphotographs, are a revealing testimony to the high quality of 16th century Ceylonese silverwork. The latch has a rare depiction of a grizzled giant squirrel and of a deadly Indian cobra. The escutcheon, in the form of a coat of arms, is divided into four quarters: a Ceylonese wood pigeon and an Indian hare on the first; a rampant Simha on the second and third; and a changeable hawk-eagle on the last. The present casket belongs to a very small group of similar objects produced in the royal workshops of Ceylon around the middle of the 16th century. Of these, two are now in Munich, having been sent as gifts with the Ceylonese embassy to Lisbon in 1542, and stand out on account of their unparalleled craftsmanship. After the destruction of the capital-city of Kotte in 1565 and the settling on the Portuguese-ruled Colombo, the highly refined carving technique shown in the first caskets, almost in high-relief, was in a way lost. This casket, modelled after a Medieval European prototype, was produced in a period of Ceylon's history marked by wars and internal conflict. The carving is similar in quality to the craftsmanship seen on the sides of the pitched lids and friezes of the mid-16th century caskets now in Vienna, London, Berlin and Boston. More importantly, it is identical to the one in the Távora Sequeira Pinto collection, thought to have been produced in Kandy, in the central highlands of Ceylon, where all the indigenous animals depicted on the lock can still be found. It should be noted that it once formed part of the collection of King Fernando II and has survived by descent in the family of the Countess of Edla until the present day. Bibliografia / Bibliography: Carneiro, José Manuel Martins (ed.), D. Fernando de Saxe Coburgo-Gotha. Comemoração do 1.º Centenário da morte do Rei-Artista (cat. exp.), Sintra, Palácio Nacional da Pena, 1985, p. 209, cat. 238; Pinto, Maria Helena Mendes, et al. (eds.), Via Orientalis (cat. exp.), Bruxelas - Lisboa, Caisse Générale d'Epargne et de Retraite - Europalia Portugal 91 - Fundação Oriente, 1991, pp. 158-159, cat. 128 (descrição errónea); Bibliografia Relacionada / Related Bibliography: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K., Mediaeval Sinhalese Art, Nova Deli, Munsharam Manoharlal, 1956; Ferrão, Bernardo, Mobiliário Português dos Primórdios ao Maneirismo, Vol. 3 (Índia e Japão), Porto, Lello & Irmão Editores, 1990, maxime pp. 77-91; Jaffer, Amin, e Schwabe, Melanie Anne, "A group of sixteenth-century caskets from Ceylon", in Apollo, 149.445, 1999, pp. 3-14; Seipel, Wilfried (ed.), Exotica. Portugals Entdeckungen im Spiegel fürstlicher Kunst- und Wunderkammern der Renaissance (cat. exp.), Viena - Milão, Kunsthistorisches Museum - Skira, 2000, cats. 147, e 149-153; Carvalho, Pedro de Moura (ed.), Luxury for Export. Artistic Exchange between India and Portugal around 1600 (cat. exp.), Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2008, cat. 1; e Jordan Gschwend, Annemarie, e Beltz, Johannes (eds.), Elfenbeine aus Ceylon: Luxusgüter für Katharina von Habsburg (1507-1578) (cat. exp.), Zurique, Museum Rietberg, 2010, maxime cats. 12, 18-19, 21-23, e 50-52.

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 9,5 x 19,8 x 14,2 cm

€ 30,000 - 45,000 Base - Estimate

€ 175,000Sold

768

A Bureau, Lusíada, fully carved sissoo and ebony, six drawers interior simulating eight, Singhalese-Portuguese, 16th/17th C., broken and restored lid with trimmed rim and later ring, missing front mounts, interior redone with later drawers, non original gilt copper hinges and knobs

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 29 x 38,5 x 28,5 cm

€ 5,000 - 7,500 Base - Estimate

€ 0Unsold - Available to buy

769

A Step Chair, Lusíada, carved exotic wood, intertwined rope seat, African-Portuguese, 17th/18th C., small faults and defects

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 86 x 58 x 52 cm

€ 200 - 300 Base - Estimate

€ 320Sold

770

A Chest with two drawers and stand, Lusíada, teak, partly ebonised, ebony and ivory inlays "Secant circles", interior of the lid with central diamond and corners of identical decoration, stand with drawer and carved legs "Nagini" based on "cubes" carved as well "Lion jaws", Indo-Portuguese, non-original intertwined metal mounts and locks, previous restorations, small faults and defects, note: a similar copy integrates the collection of the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Inv. Nr. 35 Mov., and is part of the permanent exhibition.

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 101 x 88 x 58 cm

€ 16,000 - 24,000 Base - Estimate

€ 0Unsold - Available to buy

771

A Brooch Bird, gold, plique-à-jou*r polychrome decoration, set with a navette cut sapphire and 25 brilliant cut diamonds with the approximate weight of 0,30 ct., Portuguese, 20th C., faded marks

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 2,5 x 4,3 cm; Peso - 8,7 grs.

€ 250 - 375 Base - Estimate

€ 290Sold

772

A Necklace Serpent, 18 karat gold, set with cabochon cut turquoises, Europe, 19th C., restoration, broken tail tip, some missing turquoises

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 43 cm; Peso - 43,9 grs.

€ 800 - 1,200 Base - Estimate

€ 800Sold

773

A Semi-rigid Bracelet, romantic, chiselled and engraved gold, silver set with 15 rose cut diamonds, 1 crowned rose cut, Portuguese, small bruises, faults and defects, faded marks

€ 500 - 750 Base - Estimate

€ 500Sold

774

A Brooch Fountain with birds, carved bone with chiselled gold frame, "Branches with foliage " decoration, German, small faults and restorations, faded marks

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 4,5 x 6 cm; Peso - bruto - 14,1 grs.

€ 250 - 375 Base - Estimate

€ 260Sold

775

A Brooch Bow, gold, set with 48 table and crowned rose cut diamonds, Portuguese, restorations and later brooch, faded marks

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 6 x 4 cm; Peso - 27,7 grs.

€ 1,200 - 1,800 Base - Estimate

€ 0Unsold - Available to buy

776

Half an Ornament, romantic, engraved gold, comprising a brooch and a pair of earrings decorated with dotted black enamel and 6 garnets, Oporto assay mark, Domingos de Freitas Araújo maker's mark (1867), Portuguese, small bruises,

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 5 x 3,5 (alfinete); 5 (brincos) cm; Peso - 20,8 grs.

€ 400 - 600 Base - Estimate

€ 450Sold

777

A Locket Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception with Child Jesus, silver, Spanish, 18th/19th C., later chain broken, faded marks

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 7,5 x 4,2 (pendente) cm; Peso - 44,9 grs.

€ 100 - 150 Base - Estimate

€ 100Sold

778

A Locket Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception with Child Jesus, gilt silver, set with 4 garnets, Spanish, 18th/19th C., later chain, restorations, faults and defects

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 4 x 2,5 (pendente) cm; Peso - 23,9 grs.

€ 120 - 180 Base - Estimate

€ 120Sold

779

A Brooch Lace, silver and gold, set with topaz and 61 rose cut diamonds, Portuguese, 18th C., pendant missing, faded marks

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 4,8 x 3,2 cm; Peso - 21,2 grs.

€ 720 - 1,080 Base - Estimate

€ 720Sold

780

A Semi-rigid Bracelet, silver and 18 Karat gold, set with 56 rose cut diamonds, Lisbon hallmark (1887-1937), Nuno Pinheiro maker's mark (1920-1952), Portuguese

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 17,5 cm; Peso - 25,6 grs.

€ 300 - 450 Base - Estimate

€ 650Sold

781

A Pair of Earrings, gold, set with 48 ancient brilliant cut diamonds with the approximate weight of 2,30 ct., Lisbon hallmark (1887-1937), Ângelo Martins maker's mark (1903-1939), Portuguese

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 2 cm; Peso - 5,1 grs.

€ 500 - 750 Base - Estimate

€ 1,300Sold

782

A Ring, Art Déco, gold and platinum, set with 12 rose cut diamonds and 9 ancient brilliant cut diamonds with the approximate weight of 1,10 ct., Lisbon hallmark (1887-1937), Joaquim da Cunha Oliveira maker's mark (1944-1963), Portuguese, small bruises

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 12 (16,5 mm) cm; Peso - 10,2 grs.

€ 500 - 750 Base - Estimate

€ 0Unsold - Available to buy

783

A Necklace, 18 Karat gold, set with 31 oval cut sapphires with the approximate weight of 9,60 ct. and 682 brilliant cut diamonds with the approximate weight of 10 ct., Portuguese, marked

Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 42 cm; Peso - 63,8 grs.

€ 3,500 - 5,250 Base - Estimate

€ 4,800Sold