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It is with great pleasure that we present to you the catalogue of our Live Auction 219, dedicated to Antiques and Works of Art, Old Books, Modern and Contemporary Art: a special auction, with a single session, covering a wide range of pieces of particular quality, rarity and antiquity.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS:

COVER: BALTAZAR GOMES FIGUEIRA (1604-1674) AND JOSEFA DE ÓBIDOS (OR DE AYALA) (1630-1684) - “Mês de Abril” (c. 1668), handwritten inscription “Pascoa de flores Abril/[...]/quando Alleluya amanhece/[...]”, signed “Obidos" (Lot 150).

Painting and Sculpture

• Circumcision of the Child Jesus, oil on wood, copy of a panel from the Altarpiece of the main chapel of the Cathedral of Lamego, by Vasco Fernandes (Grão Vasco) - c. 1475-1542, Portuguese school, 16th century (mid) (Lot 90);
• JEAN PILLEMENT - 1728-1808 - Landscapes with figures, a pair of oils on copper, signed (Lot 96);
• MORGADO DE SETÚBAL (JOSÉ ANTÓNIO BENEDITO SOARES DA GAMA DE FARIA E BARROS) - 1752-1809 - Old men in the tavern, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1798 (Lot 152);
• JOAQUIM MARQUES - 1755-1822 - Vista da foz do rio Douro, Porto, oil on canvas (Lote 151);
• ALFREDO KEIL - 1850-1907 - “O mosqueteiro”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1875 (Lot 95); “Rua dos Amores - Collares”, oil on canvas pasted on cardboard, signed and dated 1881 (Lot 155);
• ANTÓNIO RAMALHO - 1858-1916 - Pescadores à linha (Angling), oil on wood, signed and dated from Paris, 1884-86, dedicated À Mme VAILLANT-COUTURIER - SOUVENIR D'AMITIÉ (Lot 156);
• JOÃO VAZ - 1859-1931 - “Barcos no Sado”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1884 (Lot 98); “Forte de Nossa Senhora da Assunção - Vila do Conde”, oil on canvas, signed (Lot 161); “Vista de cais com embarcações”, oil on wood, signed (Lot 167);
• HENRIQUE POUSÃO -1 859-1884 - “Casas rústicas de Odemira”, oil on canvas, signed (Lot 166);
• CARLOS REIS - 1863-1940 - Horta, oil on canvas, signed (Lot 97); Landscape with figure, oil on canvas, signed (Lot 162);
• ALVES CARDOSO - 1883-1930 – The reaper, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1912 (Lot 159); “Ao fim da tarde”, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1921 (Lot 160); Landscape with ruins, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1908 (Lot 164);
• AMADEO DE SOUZA-CARDOSO - 1887-1918 - “Tu pars? - Oui j’ai mal au coeur”, watercolour on paper, signed (Lot 302);
• JORGE VIEIRA - 1922-1998 - Male head, slip terracotta sculpture (Lot 249); Horseman, slip terracotta plaque (Lot 250); A couple, patinated bronze sculpture (Lot 251); Owl, patinated bronze sculpture (Lot 252);
• ANTÓNIO CHARRUA - 1925-2008 - Untitled, triptych, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1994 (Lot 313);
• JÚLIO POMAR - 1926-2018 - “Tigre Azul”, collage and acrylic painting on canvas pasted on canvas, signed and dated 1980 (Lot 307);
• MANUEL CARGALEIRO - NASC. 1927 - Untitled, gouache on paper (Lots 311, 312, 323); mixed technique on paper (Lots 324 and 325);
• ÁLVARO LAPA - 1939-2006 - “Plurador (3)”, acrylic and collage on chipboard, signed (Lot 314); Untitled, acrylic, oil pastel and collage on paper (Lot 316); “Oral”, India ink on paper, signed (Lot 317); Untitled, acrylic on canvas, signed (Lot 318).

ANTIQUES

Indo-Portuguese Art

• Bureau, sissoo, bands with engraved ivory inlays, Mughal influence, 17th. C. (Lot 276);
• Bureau, teak, full ebony and sissoo lining with ivory and 16^th/17^th C. (Lot 277);
• Angels kneeling, a pair ivory sculptures, 17^th/18^th C. (Lot 281);
• European lady, miniature on paper, India, Rajasthan, probably Bikaner, 18^th C, (1st quarter) (Lot 293).

 Namban Art

• A casket, coated in black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlays and gilt decoration "Flowers", Momoyama period (1573-1615) (Lot 275).

CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN

• Tureen "Boar's Head", polychrome and gilt decoration, Qianlong period (1736-1795) (Lot 67);
• Garniture, Chinese export porcelain, polychrome, gilt decoration en relief “Flowers and fruits”, covers finials en relief “Buddhist lions” Yongzheng period (1722-1735) (Lot70).

FURNITURE

• A bombée chest of drawers, King D. João V (1706-1750)/King D. José I (1750-1777) of Portugal, walnut with carvings, Portuguese (Lot 41);
• Cupboard with three large drawers simulating eight drawers, baroque, Brazilian rosewood, Portuguese – Azores, 17th C. (2nd half) (Lot 33).

RARE BOOKS - LOTS 201 TO 248

• SAN ROMAN Y RIBADENEYRA, Frei Antonio de, O.S.B.- HISTORIA GENERAL | DE LA YNDIA ORIENTAL En Valladolid: por Luis Sanchez, 1603 (Lot 247);
• FERNANDO PESSOA Antinous: a poem / by Fernando Pessoa.- Lisbon: Monteiro & Co., 1918 (Lot 248);
• MANUSCRITO.- ARRAIS, D. Frei Amador, O.C.C.- Bull of Pope Gregory XIII, confirming the election of D. Friar Amador Arrais as Bishop of Portalegre.- 16th Century (1581) (parchment) (Lot 222).

ENGRAVINGS - LOTS 100 to 119

• Several views of the city of Lisbon – 17th, 18th and 19th C. (Lots 100, 105, 107, 113, 116, 117);
• “Gula” and “Soberba”, two copperplate engravings, by Pieter van der Heyden (circa 1530-circa1585), after the original by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1525/1569) from the series “Seven deadly sins” (Lots 118 119);
• NEWCASTLE, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of.- 3 sets of 4 copperplates (engraving and etching) from the work “Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux”.- A London: Chez Jean Brindley, 1737 (Lots 109, 110, 111);
• JAPÃO.- Iapponiae Noua & accurata descriptio Per R.P. Antonium Francisco Cardim Societatis IESV et Elogia Iapponica.- [Romae: Typis Heredum Corbelleti, 1646].- 1 copperplate engraving (Lot 108).

SILVER AND JEWELRY

• Several ceremonial and wedding salvers, repoussé and chiseled silver, 17th/18th and 19th C. (Lots 403 to 410);
• Pair of earrings, platinum and gold, set with 8 antique brilliant cut diamonds with the approximate weight of 2.70 ct.; Portuguese, 20th/21st C. post-2021 mark (Lot 390);
• A ring, gold and silver, set with rose cut diamonds and 15 antique brilliant cut diamonds with the approximate weight of 5.0 ct., the largest being around 1.25 ct., 19th/20th C. (Lot 393).

Other

• Various embroidered silk tailcoats and breeches, Portuguese, 18th C. (Lots 374 to 378);
• Putto with bird and Putto with pomegranate, a pair of marble sculptures, European, 19th C. (2nd half) (Lot 194);
• Cat, faience sculpture probably from the Real Fábrica de Louça, at Rato, Portuguese, 18th C. (4th quarter) (Lot 21);
• Table clock - two sculptures "Putti allegorical to «Literature» and «Painting», Napoleon III (1848-1870) gilt and patinated bronze 19th C. (2nd half) maker's mark JAPY FRERES & Cie G[ran]de Med [aile] d'Honneur (Lot 53);
• Various oriental carpets - Turkistan, Iran, India and Turkey - (Lots 120 to 134);
• Several chess boards and pieces and other games - (Lots 328 to 340).

Hoping to have the pleasure of welcoming you soon, in person or virtually, we wish you all in advance, with our best regards, Merry Christmas.

Pedro Maria de Alvim                                    Miguel Cabral de Moncada