Dear Friends,

 

We are pleased to present to you the catalogue of our live auction 214 dedicated to antiques, modern and contemporary art: a special single session auction, covering a wide range of pieces of special quality, rarity and antiquity with emphasis on Portuguese Painting, Rare Old Books and, in particular, a Kangxi (1662-1722) 12-leaf Chinese screen.

 

Painting – Portuguese authors

 

Some highlights:

 

• ARTUR LOUREIRO - 1853-1932 - “Na Avenida do Bom Jesus”, oil on wood, signed (lot 208);
• JOSÉ MALHOA - 1855-1933 - “Senhora entre os vidros”, oil on wood, signed and dated 1926 (lot 115, cover); “Caminho do grego”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1922 (lot 209);
• JOSÉ JÚLIO DE SOUSA PINTO - 1856-1939 - “Female figure”, oil on canvas, signed (lot 212) (other lots: 62, 63 and 109);
• HENRIQUE POUSÃO - 1859-1884 - “Cabeça de velho”, oil on canvas, signed (lot 114);
• JOÃO VAZ - 1859-1931 - “Praia de Algés”, oil on wood, signed (lot 210); (other lots: 63 A and 64);
• CARLOS REIS - 1863-1940 - “Mill of Ramal”, oil on canvas, signed (lot 211); Still life, oil on canvas, signed (lot 213); Landscape with houses and figures, oil on wood, signed (lot 214);
• FRANCIS SMITH - 1881-1961 - “La Corrida”, gouache on paper, signed and dated 1927 (lot 131); (other lots: 264, 246 and 242);

• ALVES CARDOSO - 1883-1930 - “Pastor com rebanho na mata”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1921 (lote 207); Female figure with chestnuts, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1912 (lot 108);
• CARLOS BOTELHO - 1899-1982 - “Baixa” (painted from the terrace of the Hotel Mundial), oil on canvas, signed (lot 247);
• MARIA HELENA VIEIRA DA SILVA - 1908-1992 - “Babel” or “A Fernando Pessoa”, mixed technique on paper, signed and dated 1979 (lot 356);

• JÚLIO RESENDE - 1917-2011 - “O gato da manhã”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1996 (lot 354); (other lots: 255, 358 e 359);
• MANUEL CARGALEIRO - N. 1927 - “Romaric”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1972 (lot 129) (other lots: 360 and 253);
• JULIÃO SARMENTO - 1948-2021 - “Pina (3)”, mixed technique on canvas, signed and dated Cabriz, 1991 (lot 355) (other lots: 140 and 147);

 

Painting and Sculpture - Foreign Authors

 

• Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity and Adoration of the Magi, four Renaissance carved, polychrome and gilt wooden altarpieces, Spanish, 16^th C. (1st third) (lots 75, 76, 77 and 78);
• Our Lady of The Immaculate Conception, oil on canvas, Spanish Colonial school, 18^th C. (lot 157);
• Four Seasons - set of 4 large marble sculptures (198 cm), European, 20^th C. (lot 120);

 

Rare Books and Manuscripts - Lots 270 to 315

 

• INDEX | LIBRORVM PROHIBITORVM, [Lisboa: por Francisco Correa], Anno 1564. mense Octobre, volume consisting of the fifth Portuguese edition (of 1564) (lot 284);
• MEJIA, Fernando de- ¶ Libro intitulado nobiliario perfeta | mente recopylado y ordenado por el on | rrado cauallero Feranto Mexia veyn- | te quatro de Jahen &c.- Seuilla: Pedro Brun [& ] Juã Gentil, [1492] (lot 299);
• PINTO, Fernão Mendes.- THE | VOYAGES | AND | ADVENTURES, | OF | Fernand Mendez Pinto, London: Printed by J. Macock, and are to be sold by Henry Herringman, 1663 (lot 310);

 

Cross-culture – lots 167 to 205

 

Indo-Portuguese art

 

• Christ crucified, large ivory sculpture (63,5 cm), partially polychrome, 18^th C. (lot 188);
• Two door cabinet, teak, sissoo, ivory lining and tortoiseshell plaques placed on gold leaf (lot 194);
• Child Jesus the Good Shepherd sitting on a heart, polychrome ivory sculpture, 17^th/18^th C. (lot 168);

 

Other origins

 

• Calvary, carved ivory plaque, Hispano-Philippine, 17^th/18^th C. (lot 167);

 

Chinese export porcelain

 

• Pair of covered urns, Qianlong period (17361795) (lot 39);
• Pair of “Tobacco Leaf” scalloped platters, Qianlong period (17361795) (lot 152);
• Salt Cellars - with the coat of arms of the marquises of Marialva, Qianlong period (1736-1795) (lot 41); with the coat of arms of the counts of Linhares, Jiaqing period (1796-1820) (lot 40);

 

Silverware and Jewellery – Lots 380 to 398

 

Other

 

• A Kangxi period (1662-1722) twelve-panel screen, Chinese (lot 100);
• A wheellock pistol, German, Nuremberg, circa 1590 (lot 12);
• Noblemen at the countryside, 130 tile baroque panel, Portuguese, 18^th C. (lot 21);
• A “George Prior” musical table clock (intended for the Turkish market), George III (1760-1820), English, 18^th C. (4th quarter) (lot 122);
• A table clock, marked STEP[HE]n. RIMBAULT – LONDON, English, 18^th C. (3rd quarter) (lot 121);
• Set of chess pieces and boards (lots 316 to 323).

 

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• live (with restrictions, in particular of detachment in force)
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Hoping to have the pleasure of receiving you soon, in person or virtually, we wish you all Merry Christmas.

 

Best regards,

 

 

Pedro Maria de Alvim                                                                           Miguel Cabral de Moncada