DEAR FRIENDS,

It is with great pleasure that we present to you the catalogue of our Live Auction 220, dedicated to Antiquities 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: A pair of square base candlesticks, D. José I, King of Portugal (1750-1777), silver, João Coelho de Sampaio maker's mark (Lot 415).

Painting and Sculpture

PORTUGUESE

• 1^st MARQUIS OF MONTEBELO - FÉLIX MACHADO DA SILVA CASTRO E VASCONCELOS - 1595-1662 -"Self-portrait with his children Francisco and D. Bernarda", signed (Lot 92);
• DOMINGOS SEQUEIRA - 1768-1837 - “Aurora” (Lot 142); "Portrait of King D. João VI of Portugal (1767-1826) (Lot 6);
• SILVA PORTO - 1850-1893 - Landscape, (Lot 147); Landscape with oak trees (Lot 364);
• ALFREDO KEIL - 1850-1907 - View from the other bank of the Tagus river with Belém Tower (Lot 151); "Rua dos Amores - Collares" (Lot 149); Landscape with cattle (Lot 356); 
• ARTUR LOUREIRO - 1853-1932 - "Praia com figuras" (Lot 104);
• JOSÉ MALHOA - 1855-1933 - Landscape (Figueiró dos Vinhos) (Lot 107); "No jardim” (Lote 98);
• JOÃO VAZ - 1859-1931 - “Barcos no Sado” (Lot 144); "Marine, Sado river"(Lot 362);
• CARLOS REIS - 1863-1940 - “As comungantes” (Lot 103); Countryside landscape with figures (Lot 360);
• AURÉLIA DE SOUZA - 1866-1922 - “A female nude lying down” (Lot 106); A landscape with stream (Lot 145);
• FALCÃO TRIGOSO - 1879-1956 - “Amendoal com figura feminina” (Lot 143);
• FRANCIS SMITH - 1881-1961 - Untitled (Lot 295);
• FAUSTO SAMPAIO - 1893-1956 - Still Life - Chinese paintings and porcelains (Lot 294);
• CARLOS BOTELHO - 1899-1982 - Farm view and figures (Lot 150); Lisbon - Restauradores Square (Lot 287);
• TÚLIO VICTORINO - 1906-1967 - Fishermen on the beach (Lot 366);
• NADIR AFONSO - 1920-2013 - "Margens do Tâmega" (Lot 289);
• QUERUBIM LAPA - 1925-2016 - Untitled, enameled ceramic plaques, signed (Lots 296 to 299);
• MANUEL CARGALEIRO - NASC. 1927 - "Dilapidation du Silence" (Lot 288); Untitled (Lot 293);

INTERNATIONAL

• Mockery of Jesus Christ, temper on pine, Spanish School, 16th C. (Lot 222);
• Our Lady of Milk, Saint Joseph, Saint Anne and Saint John the Baptist, oil on wood, Spanish school, 16^th C. (Lot 223);
• Our Lady with the Child Jesus surrounded by various Saints, oil on copper, Flemish school, 17^th C. (Lot 224);
• JEAN PILLEMENT - 1728-1808 - Landscapes with figures, pastel on paper, signed (Lot 358);
• PIERRE JOUFFROY - Act. 1743-1770 - Portrait of Countess Eleonora Ernestina Eva Wolfganga Josepha von und zu Daun auf Sassenheim und Callaborn, 1st Marquise of Pombal, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1775 (Lot 93);
• Views of Belém Tower at the Tagus, Lisbon (Lots 273, 274, 275)

BOOKS, RARE MANUSCRIPTS AND ENGRAVINGS – LOTS 174 to 221; 86 to 90

• Manuscript on parchment- D. FILIPE II, King of Portugal - Letters patent, 1603 (Lot 210);
  • VASCONCELOS, Pe. Simão de, S.J.- CHRONICA | DA | COMPANHIA | DE | JESV | DO ESTADO DO BRASIL: DO QVE OBRARÃO SEVS FILHOS | NESTA PARTE DO NOVO MVNDO | Lisboa: Na Officina de Henrique Valente de Oliueira, 1663 (Lot 221);
  • AVAZZI DA MONTECUCCOLO, Pe. Giovanni Antonio, O.F.M. Cap.- ISTORICA | DESCRIZIONE | DÉ TRÉ REGNI | CONGO, MATAMBA, | ET ANGOLA | SITVATI NELL | ETIOPIA INFERIORE OCCIDENTALE | E DELLE | MISSIONI APOSTOLICHE In Bologna: Per Giacomo Monti, 1687 (Lot 204);
  • ANDRADE, Manuel Carlos de.- Luz da liberal e nobre arte de cavallaria.- Lisboa: na Regia Officina typografica, 1790 (Lot 220);
  • HOFFMANSEGG, COMTE DE; LINK, JOHANN HEINRICH FRIEDRICH.- Flore portugaise ou description de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement au Portugal… À Berlin: de l’Imprimerie de Charles Fréderic Amelang ....- 1809-[1834. (Lot 212);
  • NEWCASTLE, William Cavendish, 1st Duke of.- several sets of engravings / copperplates from the work “Methode et invention nouvelle de dresser les chevaux”.- A Londres: Chez Jean Brindley, 1737. (Lots 86 to 90);

ANTIQUES

Indo-Portuguese Art

• A table bureau, sissoo, inlays "Mughal court figures among birds and trees", Mughal influence, 17^th C. (1^st half) (Lot 317);
• A bureau, sissoo, Mughal influence, 17^th C. (1^st half) (Lot 319);

Namban Art

• A large chest-shaped casket, Momoyama period (1573-1615)/Edo period (1615-1868) (Lot 321);
• A bureau, Momoyama period (1573-1615)/Edo period (1615-1868) (Lot 322);

Sino-Portuguese Art

• A pair of two-door cabinets, lacquer coating, known as «Coromandel», Kangxi period (1662-1722) (Lot 323);

Art of Southeast Asia / Bay of Bengal

• A box with drawer, Indo-Portuguese, 16^th C. (2^nd half), back of the drawer with a 16th century handwritten inscription indicating that it belonged to D. Duarte de Meneses (1537-1588), Viceroy of india (1584-1588) (Lot 318);

CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN

•   Part of a tableware, polychrome and gilt «Imari» decoration "Flower vases", Qianlong period (1736-1795) (Lot 371);
• A pair of large platters, polychrome and gilt decoration with coat of arms traditionally attributed to D. Luís Peregrino de Ataíde - 10th count of Atouguia 3rd service, Kangxi period (1662-1722) (lot 167);

FURNITURE

• A Renaissance bureau, Portuguese, Azores, 16^th C. (2^nd half) (Lot 31);
• A pair of chest of drawers, D. José I, King of Portugal (1750-1777), Brazilian rosewood, Portuguese (Lot 41);
• A pair of bombée chest of drawers with small top, baroque, Italian, 18^th C. (1^st half) (Lot 277);

SILVER AND JEWELRY

• Ewer and basin, gilt silver, German, Augsburg warranty mark, Johann Pepfenhauser maker's mark (1667-1754) (Lot 425);
• A ring, gold, set with 32 brilliant cut diamonds, the central diamond weighing approximately 2.10 ct., colour grade G, VVS purity and weak fluorescence (Lot 403);
• A pair of earrings, platinum, set with brilliant cut diamonds (Lot 405);
• Various wristwatches, gold – AUDEMAR PIGUET, BREITLING, FRANCK MULLER, HUBLOT, PATEK PHILIPPE, ROLEX (Lots 390 to 402);

Other

• A quintain "Sitting Moor with shield and whip", European, polychrome wooden tournament sculpture, 17^th/18^th C. (Lot 257);
• Mythological scene - Aeneas departing from Carthage and the three muses, probably an Aubusson tapestry, French, 17^th/18^th C. (Lot 91);
• A casket, D. José I, King of Portugal (1750-1777), faience of Real Fábrica de Louça, at Rato, "Coat of Arms of the Portuguese Royal House" (Lot 16);
• Necklace with pendant, plaque, band and respective insignia of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword of Valor, Loyalty and Merit, gilt silver, original case (Lot 8);
• RENATO TORRES - 1913-1974 "Paisagem Romântica”, tapestry from the Portalegre Tapestries Manufacture (Lot 300);
• Various Oriental Carpets – Lots 57 to 63; 108 to 113;
• Several chess boards and pieces and other games – Lots 238 to 252; 255.

Hoping to have the pleasure of welcoming you soon, in person or virtually, with our best regards,

Pedro Maria de Alvim                                                 Miguel Cabral de Moncada