Dear Friends,

We are pleased to present to you the catalogue of our live auction 201 dedicated to Antiques and Works of Art: a two-session special auction, enclosing a wide range of pieces of particular quality, rarity and antiquity, including Haute-Décoration items.

A. French 19th C. sixteen-light and 48 tulips crystal chandelier illustrates the cover (lot 128).

Highlights:

• MARTINHO ANTÓNIO DE SOUSA - 18th C., Steps of the Passion of Christ, a set of 15 altarpieces with polychrome and gilt terracotta sculptures, Portuguese, five of them signed, numbered and dated on the back from Oporto, 1785 (lot 200);
• A NATIVITY SCENE D. José I, King of Portugal (1750-1777) /D. Maria I, Queen of Portugal (1777-1816), painted, gilt and carved wood large display cabinet, interior with polychrome and gilt terracotta sculptures, Portuguese, 18th C. (4th quarter), attributable to Martinho António de Sousa– 18th C. (Lot 201);

 

Provenance of the two lots above: The Family of the Viscounts of Moimenta da Beira, Beira Alta Province, since their production, in 1785. The set may have included three altapieces more in the past; and another, and much smaller, Nativity Scene, which is currently in the Museum of the Viseu Cathedral.

 

Cross-culture

Several pieces illustrate eloquently the originality, aesthetics and cultural richness of Portuguese art commissioned in the time of the Portuguese Discoveries from Africa to the Far East – a crossover between Portuguese art and culture and the art and culture, beliefs, traditions, styles and craftsmanship of India, Ceylon, China or Japan to name just a few countries with which we closely related to since the 16^th century.

• A 14 drawer Namban Art Cabinet, fully coated with black lacquer wood with mother-of-pearl inlays and gilt decoration “Flowers”, “Squirrels”, “Birds” and “Peacock” among foliage" Nippo-Portuguese - Momoyama period (1573-1615) (lot 559);
• An Indo- Portuguese narrow Chest, the front simulating two drawers, teak, partially ebony lined, 17th C., later stand (lot 566);
• An Indo-Portuguese Our Lady with The Child Jesus, polychrome wood sculpture, 17th C., 1st half) (lot 558);

 

Portuguese and foreign painting

• THE BANQUET – oil on canvas, European school, 16th/17th C. (lot 520);
• THE MIRACLE OF SAINT ANTHONY - oil on canvas, Iberian school, 17th C (lot 588);
• BENTO COELHO DA SILVEIRA - 1620-1708 – “The Child Jesus among the Doctors”, oil on canvas, unsigned (lot 165);
• JOÃO PEDROSO 1825-1890, A Marine, oil on canvas, signed (lot 73);
• JOSÉ MALHOA - 1855-1933, O Preto Caiador / “Duque das Cidades de África” (?), oil on canvas, signed (lot 164); Portraits of Alberto Rego e Mrs. Alberto Rego, pastels on paper, both signed, (lots 154 e 155);
• COLUMBANO BORDALO PINHEIRO - 1857-1929, Lady and baby, aquarelle on paper, signed and dated 1903 (lot 169);
• SIMÃO DA VEIGA - 1879-1963, Campino on horseback and Campino attacked by a bull, oil on canvas, both signed (lots161 e 162);
• CARLOS BOTELHO - 1899-1982, Costa do Castelo, oil on canvas, signed, handwritten sticker pasted on the back identifying and dating the work from 1966 (lot 170);
• MANUEL CARGALEIRO - NASC. 1927, Untitled, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1966 on the back (lot 171);

 

Silverware and jewelry

• LUIZ FERREIRA - 1909-1994 – A large silver Flower Pot ”Swan”, Portuguese, 20th C. (lot 680);
•  A Tiffany’s (part of a) silver tableware for twelve people, engraved decoration “Laurel garlands”, consisting of chargers, dessert dishes, bread dishes and finger bowls, American, 20th. C. (mid); (lot 674);

 

Chinese Porcelain and Oriental Art

• A Qianlong period (1736-1795) Chinese export porcelain pair of scalloped oval tureens with stands - (lot 145);
• A Minguo period (1912-1949) Chinese Four-Leaf Screen, carved tamarind, porcelain plaques, polychrome decoration “Chinese Landscapes with figures”, porcelain plaques of the 50s (lot 430);
• An Anglo-Indian Throne, fully coated teak and gilt metal sheet en relief. 19th C. (lot 437);

Various

• A 16th C.(1st quarter) European, possibly Italian, Skull and Neck-Guard of a Close Helmet, iron, brass feather holder “Grotesque mask”, three «neck-guard» blades (lot 235);
• A Portuguese City Guard Horse Band Helmet (circa 1887), nickel-plated metal, brass, horse mane and wood, front GM crowned monogram (lot 225);
• Several table and long-case clocks (lot 117 to 124);
• Several Winding Musical Automaton, dolls and toys, French, 19th. C (lot 543 to 546);

 

Hoping to have the pleasure of receiving you soon, with our best wishes

Pedro Maria de Alvim                    Miguel Cabral de Moncada