RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF OLD MASTER PAINTINGS HELD IN LONDON ON JULY 6 2006 Sale L06031 05 Jul 06 Sale Total: 22,887,200 GBP LOT # LOT NAME PRICE
Session 1
2 DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER ANTWERP 1610 - 1690 BRUSSELS A VILLAGE SCENE WITH FOUR PEASANTS PLAYING BOWLS BEFORE A TAVERN, TWO COTTAGES BEYOND
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 232,000 GBP
measurements note 35.8 by 52 cm.;signed lower left: D. TENIERS, oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame
4 JACOB VAN HULSDONCK ANTWERP 1582 - 1647 STILL LIFE OF APRICOTS, PLUMS, RED AND WHITE GRAPES IN A WAN LI KRAAK PORCELAIN BOWL, WITH CHERRIES, HAZLENUTS, CARNATIONS AND PLUMS STREWN UPON A WOODEN TABLE-TOP, PARTLY COVERED WITH A GREEN CLOTH
Estimate! 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 72,000 GBP
measurements note 52.6 by 71.8 cm.; signed on the ledge of the table lower left: IVHVLSDONCK FE. (IVH in monogram), oil on oak panel
5 GUILLAM DUBOIS 1610 - 1680 HAARLEM A LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES ON A TREE-LINED PATH, A WINDMILL BEYOND
Estimate: 12,000—18,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 22,800 GBP
measurements note 32.9 by 36.2 cm.; bears signature lower left: JVRuisdael (JVR in monogram), inscribed in an old hand on the reverse: G.Sz.m and brushed with an old collector's mark: VPCL (in ligature), oil on oak panel
6 JAN VAN DER HEYDEN GORINCHEM 1637 - 1712 AMSTERDAM A LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE GRAZING IN AN OPEN FIELD BEFORE A MANOR HOUSE, A MILKMAID AT WORK
Estimate: 30,000—40,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 36,000 GBP
measurements note 32 by 39.5 cm.; bears initials lower right: JH, with inventory number 24 on an old label adhered to the reverse, oil on oak panel
7 THOMAS WYCK BEVERWIJK OR HAARLEM CIRCA 1616 - 1677 HAARLEM A VILLAGE SCENE WITH WOMEN SEWING AND A BOY PEELING VEGETABLES AT THE ENTRANCE TO A COTTAGE, DROVERS CROSSING A BRIDGE BEYOND
Estimate: 20,000—30,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 24,000 GBP
measurements note 55.8 by 48.8 cm.; signed lower right: TWIJCK F. (TW in monogram), oil on oak panel
8 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN HAARLEM 1619 - 1668 A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A GENTLEMAN AND LADY RIDING TO THE CHASE, WITH A PILGRIM ASKING FOR ALMS IN THE FOREGROUND, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HUNTING PARTY CROSSING A WOODEN BRIDGE, A TOWER BEYOND
Estimate! 150,000—250,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 355,200 GBP
measurements note:30.6 by 40.4 cm.; signed with monogram lower right: PHiLS (in ligature) W, and brushed on the reverse with an old inventory number: 3236, oil on oak panel
9 PIETER DE HOOCH ROTTERDAM 1629 - 1684 AMSTERDAM A TAVERN INTERIOR WITH A SEATED SOLDIER, SEEN FROM BEHIND, WITH A SERVING WOMAN, FIGURES PLAYING CARDS IN THE BACKGROUND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 102,000 GBP
measurements note 42.7 by 33.5 cm.; signed upper right: P. de. hooch., oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame
10 QUIRINGH GERRITSZ. VAN BREKELENKAM ZWAMMERDAM CIRCA 1622/30 - AFTER 1669 LEIDEN INTERIOR WITH A SCHOOL MASTER TEACHING A YOUNG GIRL TO READ, ANOTHER GIRL SEATED AT A SPINNING WHEEL
measurements note46.3 by 37.2 cm.; signed with initials and dated lower right: QB. 1660 f.,oil on oak panel
11 PIETER CORNELISZ. VAN SLINGELAND LEIDEN 1640 - 1691 AN INTERIOR WITH A WOMAN COOKING PANCAKES WITH A YOUNG BOY BEFORE A HEARTH
Estimate: 30,000—40,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 GBP
measurements note 42.5 by 35.5 cm.;oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame
12 WILLEM VAN MIERIS LEIDEN 1662 - 1747
AN ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE WITH A SHEPHERD HOLDING A FLUTE, LISTENING TO A SHEPHERDESS PLAYING A STRINGED INSTRUMENT, A DOG LYING AT THEIR FEET
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 332,800 GBP
measurements note 32.4 by 43.7 cm.; signed and dated lower centre: W. Van Mieris/Fecit. 1682, oil on oak panel
13 ISAAK OUWATER AMSTERDAM 1750 - 1793 AMSTERDAM, A VIEW ON THE KEIZERSGRACHT FROM THE WESTERMARKT, WITH THE WESTERHAL ON THE RIGHT, ELEGANT FIGURES CONVERSING IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH OTHER FIGURES AND A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE CROSSING A BRIDGE BEYOND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 90,000 GBP
measurements note 61.9 by 77.4 cm.; signed and dated lower right: I. Ouwater 1787,and bears signature on the building lower right: Van der Heyden,oil on canvas, in an English carved and gilt wood frame
14 MICHELE MARIESCHI VENICE 1710 - 1743 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE GRAND CANAL LOOKING TOWARDS THE PESCHERIA
Estimate: 150,000—200,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 422,400 GBP
measurements note:55.8 by 85.1 cm.; oil on canvas
15 FRANCESCO GUARDI VENICE 1712 - 1793 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE LAGOON WITH THE FONDAMENTA NUOVE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CASINO DEGLI SPIRITI
Estimate: 300,000—500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,240,000 GBP measurements note:32 by 52.6 cm.;oil on canvas
16 BARTHOLOMÄUS BRUYN THE ELDER WESEL OR COLOGNE 1493 - 1555 COLOGNE A TRIPTYCH REPRESENTING THE CRUCIFIXION, FLANKED BY THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN AND THE RESURRECTION, WITH SCENES FROM THE PASSION BEYOND
Estimate: 120,000—180,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 142,400 GBP
measurements note central panel: 100.5 by 66.8 cm.; wings (each): 103 by 31cm.;. overall (including frame): 112 by 156.5 cm.; oil on oak panel, in a partially engaged (and possibly original) frame
LOT 17 UNSOLD
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER AUGSBURG 1497/8 - 1543 LONDON PORTRAIT OF SIR THOMAS WYATT THE YOUNGER (1521-1554), HEAD AND NECK IN FULL PROFILE
Estimate: 2,000,000—3,000,000 GBP
measurements note original size: diameter 32 cm.; 12 5/8 in. overall current size: 35 by 35 cm.; oil on panel, originally circular, let into another panel and made up at the extreme right and left
18 PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER BRUSSELS 1564 - 1637/8 ANTWERP THE WEDDING DANCE
Estimate: 120,000—180,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 187,200 GBP measurements note:73.5 by 104.2 cm.; oil on oak panel
Estimate: 250,000—350,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 377,600 GBP
measurements note 54.5 by 67.3 cm.; signed lower right: BREVGHEL, oil on oak panel
20 PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER BRUSSELS 1564 - 1637/8 ANTWERP THE PROCESSION TO CALVARY
Estimate! 2,500,000—3,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 5,160,000 GBP
measurements note:122 by 169 cm.;signed and dated lower left: P.BRVEGHEL 1607,oil on oak panel
25 ESAIAS VAN DE VELDE AMSTERDAM 1587 - 1630 THE HAGUE A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES SKATING AND PLAYING KOLF ON A FROZEN RIVER, BEFORE A LARGE DOVECOTE AND A COTTAGE
Estimate: 50,000—70,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 131,200 GBP
measurements note: diameter: 10.2 cm.; signed and dated lower left: E.V. VELDE. / 1625,.oil on oak panel, circular, in a fine carved and gilt wood frame
26 JAN JOSEFSZ. VAN GOYEN LEIDEN 1596 - 1656 THE HAGUE A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES SKATING ON A FROZEN RIVER BEFORE A BRIDGE, A TOWN BEYOND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 209,600 GBP
measurements note diameter: 11cm,signed and dated lower right: I. V GOYEN / 1625, oil on oak panel, circular, in a fine carved and gilt wood frame
28 SIMON JACOBSZ. DE VLIEGER ROTTERDAM CIRCA 1600/1 - 1653 WEESP A DUTCH MAN OF WAR AND OTHER SHIPPING OFF A COAST, FISHERMEN PUSHING OUT TO SEA IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 164,800 GBP measurements note90 by 125.5 cm.; signed and dated lower left: S DE VLIEGER 1647,oil on oak panel, oval
29 JAN HAVICKSZ. STEEN LEIDEN 1626 - 1679 THE FAIR AT WARMOND
Estimate: 600,000—800,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 680,000 GBP measurements note 111.8 by 177.8 cm.; signed lower centre: JSteen (JS in ligature), oil on canvas
30 PIETER THIJS ANTWERP 1624 (?) - 1677 PORTRAIT OF AN ALMONER WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN AS AN ALLEGORY OF CHARITY
Estimate: 80,000—120,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 96,000 GBP
measurements note 185.5 by 285 cm.;oil on canvas
34 SIMON LUTTICHUYS LONDON 1610 - 1661 AMSTERDAM A STILL LIFE WITH A PEWTER JUG ON ITS SIDE, A GLASS OF BEER AND WALNUTS ON PEWTER DISHES, ALL ARRANGED ON A TABLE DRAPED WITH A GREEN CLOTH
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 825,600 GBPmeasurements note78 by 64.1 cm.; 30 3/4 by 25 1/4 in.
signed with italics and dated centre right: S.L. fecit/ 1649,oil on canvas
36 ADRIAEN COORTE MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) - AFTER 1707 STILL LIFE WITH TWO PEACHES AND A FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY ON A STONE LEDGE
Estimate: 80,000—120,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 500,800 GBP
measurements note 27 by 18.9 cm.; signed with monogram lower right: AC,oil on paper, laid on oak panel
37 JAN VAN HUYSUM AMSTERDAM 1682 - 1749 STILL LIFE OF FRUIT UPON A MARBLE LEDGE, A BIRD'S NEST TO THE RIGHT AND A BASKET OF FLOWERS ABOVE, INSECTS THROUGHOUT
Estimate: 2,500,000—3,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,256,000 GBP
measurements note 80.2 by 60.3 cm.; signed lower left: Jan Van Huysum fecit, oil on panel
38 ATTRIBUTED TO JACOPO AVANZI ACTIVE IN PADUA AND BOLOGNA 1363 - 1416 THE DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 164,800 GBP
measurements note 82.8 by 63.3 cm.; oil and tempera on panel, gold ground
41 LORENZO MONACO ACTIVE 1389 - 1423 OR 1424 FLORENCE(?) THE MADONNA OF HUMILITY
Estimate: 400,000—600,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 400,000 GBP
measurements note 106.4 by 62 cm.; tempera on panel, gold ground, pointed top
44 JACOPO ROBUSTI, CALLED JACOPO TINTORETTO VENICE 1518 - 1594 THE LAMENTATION
49 JUSEPE DE RIBERA, CALLED LO SPAGNOLETTO JÁTIVA, VALENCIA 1591 - 1652 NAPLES CHRIST AMONG THE DOCTORS IN THE TEMPLE
Estimate: 80,000—120,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 GBP
measurements note 113.8 by 174 cm.;oil on canvas
51 JUAN DE ARELLANO SANTORCAZ 1614 - 1676 MADRID STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A WICKER BASKET
Estimate: 250,000—350,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 232,000 GBP
measurements note 81.1 by 60.4 cm.;signed lower right: Juan de Arellano, oil on canvas
52 ROMAN SCHOOL, 1783 ROME, A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE VATICAN LOOKING SOUTH-WEST FROM THE FAR BANKS OF THE RIVER TIBER
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 209,600 GBP
measurements note 97.8 by 136.5 cm.; indistinctly signed and dated lower left: ...[i] f. in Roma 1783., oil on canvas, unlined
54 ANTONIO JOLI MODENA CIRCA 1700 - 1777 NAPLES ROME, A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM AND THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, WITH AN ARTIST SKETCHING IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND
Estimate : 120,000—180,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 243,200 GBP
measurements note: 98.8 by 149.1 cm.;oil on canvas
55 ANTONIO JOLI MODENA CIRCA 1700 - 1777 NAPLES ROME, A VIEW OF THE CAMPO VACCINO
Estimate:100,000—150,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 232,000 GBP
measurements note: 37.5 by 71 cm.; oil on canvas
57 ANTONIO JOLI MODENA CIRCA 1700 - 1777 NAPLES A VIEW OF PAESTUM IN EVENING LIGHT WITH MERRY TRAVELLERS AND AN ARTIST SKETCHING BELOW A STONE ARCH
Estimate: 200,000—300,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 478,400 GBPmeasurements note 131 by 103.5 cm , inscribed and dated on the reverse of the relining canvas: Vedata. Standi Soto. la. Porta./Dilla Cita di Pesto. Anno Jolli / 1738, oil on canvas
58 GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO VENICE 1697 - 1768 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE PIAZZETTA LOOKING NORTH
67 JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD GRASSE 1732 - 1806 PARIS TWO GIRLS ON A BED PLAYING WITH THEIR DOGS
Estimate: 2,500,000—3,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 2,696,000 GBP
measurements note: 74.3 by 59.3 cm.oil on canvas
RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF OLD MASTER PAINTINGS HELD IN LONDON ON JULY 6 2006 Sale L06031 05 Jul 06 Sale Total: 22,887,200 GBP LOT # LOT NAME PRICE
Session 1
2 DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER ANTWERP 1610 - 1690 BRUSSELS A VILLAGE SCENE WITH FOUR PEASANTS PLAYING BOWLS BEFORE A TAVERN, TWO COTTAGES BEYOND
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 232,000 GBP
measurements note 35.8 by 52 cm.;signed lower left: D. TENIERS, oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame
4 JACOB VAN HULSDONCK ANTWERP 1582 - 1647 STILL LIFE OF APRICOTS, PLUMS, RED AND WHITE GRAPES IN A WAN LI KRAAK PORCELAIN BOWL, WITH CHERRIES, HAZLENUTS, CARNATIONS AND PLUMS STREWN UPON A WOODEN TABLE-TOP, PARTLY COVERED WITH A GREEN CLOTH
Estimate! 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 72,000 GBP
measurements note 52.6 by 71.8 cm.; signed on the ledge of the table lower left: IVHVLSDONCK FE. (IVH in monogram), oil on oak panel
5 GUILLAM DUBOIS 1610 - 1680 HAARLEM A LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES ON A TREE-LINED PATH, A WINDMILL BEYOND
Estimate: 12,000—18,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 22,800 GBP
measurements note 32.9 by 36.2 cm.; bears signature lower left: JVRuisdael (JVR in monogram), inscribed in an old hand on the reverse: G.Sz.m and brushed with an old collector's mark: VPCL (in ligature), oil on oak panel
6 JAN VAN DER HEYDEN GORINCHEM 1637 - 1712 AMSTERDAM A LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE GRAZING IN AN OPEN FIELD BEFORE A MANOR HOUSE, A MILKMAID AT WORK
Estimate: 30,000—40,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 36,000 GBP
measurements note 32 by 39.5 cm.; bears initials lower right: JH, with inventory number 24 on an old label adhered to the reverse, oil on oak panel
7 THOMAS WYCK BEVERWIJK OR HAARLEM CIRCA 1616 - 1677 HAARLEM A VILLAGE SCENE WITH WOMEN SEWING AND A BOY PEELING VEGETABLES AT THE ENTRANCE TO A COTTAGE, DROVERS CROSSING A BRIDGE BEYOND
Estimate: 20,000—30,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 24,000 GBP
measurements note 55.8 by 48.8 cm.; signed lower right: TWIJCK F. (TW in monogram), oil on oak panel
8 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN HAARLEM 1619 - 1668 A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A GENTLEMAN AND LADY RIDING TO THE CHASE, WITH A PILGRIM ASKING FOR ALMS IN THE FOREGROUND, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HUNTING PARTY CROSSING A WOODEN BRIDGE, A TOWER BEYOND
Estimate! 150,000—250,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 355,200 GBP
measurements note:30.6 by 40.4 cm.; signed with monogram lower right: PHiLS (in ligature) W, and brushed on the reverse with an old inventory number: 3236, oil on oak panel
9 PIETER DE HOOCH ROTTERDAM 1629 - 1684 AMSTERDAM A TAVERN INTERIOR WITH A SEATED SOLDIER, SEEN FROM BEHIND, WITH A SERVING WOMAN, FIGURES PLAYING CARDS IN THE BACKGROUND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 102,000 GBP
measurements note 42.7 by 33.5 cm.; signed upper right: P. de. hooch., oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame
10 QUIRINGH GERRITSZ. VAN BREKELENKAM ZWAMMERDAM CIRCA 1622/30 - AFTER 1669 LEIDEN INTERIOR WITH A SCHOOL MASTER TEACHING A YOUNG GIRL TO READ, ANOTHER GIRL SEATED AT A SPINNING WHEEL
measurements note46.3 by 37.2 cm.; signed with initials and dated lower right: QB. 1660 f.,oil on oak panel
11 PIETER CORNELISZ. VAN SLINGELAND LEIDEN 1640 - 1691 AN INTERIOR WITH A WOMAN COOKING PANCAKES WITH A YOUNG BOY BEFORE A HEARTH
Estimate: 30,000—40,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 GBP
measurements note 42.5 by 35.5 cm.;oil on oak panel, in a carved and gilt wood frame
12 WILLEM VAN MIERIS LEIDEN 1662 - 1747
AN ARCADIAN LANDSCAPE WITH A SHEPHERD HOLDING A FLUTE, LISTENING TO A SHEPHERDESS PLAYING A STRINGED INSTRUMENT, A DOG LYING AT THEIR FEET
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 332,800 GBP
measurements note 32.4 by 43.7 cm.; signed and dated lower centre: W. Van Mieris/Fecit. 1682, oil on oak panel
13 ISAAK OUWATER AMSTERDAM 1750 - 1793 AMSTERDAM, A VIEW ON THE KEIZERSGRACHT FROM THE WESTERMARKT, WITH THE WESTERHAL ON THE RIGHT, ELEGANT FIGURES CONVERSING IN THE FOREGROUND, WITH OTHER FIGURES AND A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE CROSSING A BRIDGE BEYOND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 90,000 GBP
measurements note 61.9 by 77.4 cm.; signed and dated lower right: I. Ouwater 1787,and bears signature on the building lower right: Van der Heyden,oil on canvas, in an English carved and gilt wood frame
14 MICHELE MARIESCHI VENICE 1710 - 1743 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE GRAND CANAL LOOKING TOWARDS THE PESCHERIA
Estimate: 150,000—200,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 422,400 GBP
measurements note:55.8 by 85.1 cm.; oil on canvas
15 FRANCESCO GUARDI VENICE 1712 - 1793 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE LAGOON WITH THE FONDAMENTA NUOVE LOOKING TOWARDS THE CASINO DEGLI SPIRITI
Estimate: 300,000—500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 1,240,000 GBP measurements note:32 by 52.6 cm.;oil on canvas
16 BARTHOLOMÄUS BRUYN THE ELDER WESEL OR COLOGNE 1493 - 1555 COLOGNE A TRIPTYCH REPRESENTING THE CRUCIFIXION, FLANKED BY THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN AND THE RESURRECTION, WITH SCENES FROM THE PASSION BEYOND
Estimate: 120,000—180,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 142,400 GBP
measurements note central panel: 100.5 by 66.8 cm.; wings (each): 103 by 31cm.;. overall (including frame): 112 by 156.5 cm.; oil on oak panel, in a partially engaged (and possibly original) frame
LOT 17 UNSOLD
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER AUGSBURG 1497/8 - 1543 LONDON PORTRAIT OF SIR THOMAS WYATT THE YOUNGER (1521-1554), HEAD AND NECK IN FULL PROFILE
Estimate: 2,000,000—3,000,000 GBP
measurements note original size: diameter 32 cm.; 12 5/8 in. overall current size: 35 by 35 cm.; oil on panel, originally circular, let into another panel and made up at the extreme right and left
18 PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER BRUSSELS 1564 - 1637/8 ANTWERP THE WEDDING DANCE
Estimate: 120,000—180,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 187,200 GBP measurements note:73.5 by 104.2 cm.; oil on oak panel
Estimate: 250,000—350,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 377,600 GBP
measurements note 54.5 by 67.3 cm.; signed lower right: BREVGHEL, oil on oak panel
20 PIETER BRUEGHEL THE YOUNGER BRUSSELS 1564 - 1637/8 ANTWERP THE PROCESSION TO CALVARY
Estimate! 2,500,000—3,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 5,160,000 GBP
measurements note:122 by 169 cm.;signed and dated lower left: P.BRVEGHEL 1607,oil on oak panel
25 ESAIAS VAN DE VELDE AMSTERDAM 1587 - 1630 THE HAGUE A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES SKATING AND PLAYING KOLF ON A FROZEN RIVER, BEFORE A LARGE DOVECOTE AND A COTTAGE
Estimate: 50,000—70,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 131,200 GBP
measurements note: diameter: 10.2 cm.; signed and dated lower left: E.V. VELDE. / 1625,.oil on oak panel, circular, in a fine carved and gilt wood frame
26 JAN JOSEFSZ. VAN GOYEN LEIDEN 1596 - 1656 THE HAGUE A WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES SKATING ON A FROZEN RIVER BEFORE A BRIDGE, A TOWN BEYOND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 209,600 GBP
measurements note diameter: 11cm,signed and dated lower right: I. V GOYEN / 1625, oil on oak panel, circular, in a fine carved and gilt wood frame
28 SIMON JACOBSZ. DE VLIEGER ROTTERDAM CIRCA 1600/1 - 1653 WEESP A DUTCH MAN OF WAR AND OTHER SHIPPING OFF A COAST, FISHERMEN PUSHING OUT TO SEA IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 164,800 GBP measurements note90 by 125.5 cm.; signed and dated lower left: S DE VLIEGER 1647,oil on oak panel, oval
29 JAN HAVICKSZ. STEEN LEIDEN 1626 - 1679 THE FAIR AT WARMOND
Estimate: 600,000—800,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 680,000 GBP measurements note 111.8 by 177.8 cm.; signed lower centre: JSteen (JS in ligature), oil on canvas
30 PIETER THIJS ANTWERP 1624 (?) - 1677 PORTRAIT OF AN ALMONER WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN AS AN ALLEGORY OF CHARITY
Estimate: 80,000—120,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 96,000 GBP
measurements note 185.5 by 285 cm.;oil on canvas
34 SIMON LUTTICHUYS LONDON 1610 - 1661 AMSTERDAM A STILL LIFE WITH A PEWTER JUG ON ITS SIDE, A GLASS OF BEER AND WALNUTS ON PEWTER DISHES, ALL ARRANGED ON A TABLE DRAPED WITH A GREEN CLOTH
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 825,600 GBPmeasurements note78 by 64.1 cm.; 30 3/4 by 25 1/4 in.
signed with italics and dated centre right: S.L. fecit/ 1649,oil on canvas
36 ADRIAEN COORTE MIDDELBURG (?) 1660 (?) - AFTER 1707 STILL LIFE WITH TWO PEACHES AND A FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY ON A STONE LEDGE
Estimate: 80,000—120,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 500,800 GBP
measurements note 27 by 18.9 cm.; signed with monogram lower right: AC,oil on paper, laid on oak panel
37 JAN VAN HUYSUM AMSTERDAM 1682 - 1749 STILL LIFE OF FRUIT UPON A MARBLE LEDGE, A BIRD'S NEST TO THE RIGHT AND A BASKET OF FLOWERS ABOVE, INSECTS THROUGHOUT
Estimate: 2,500,000—3,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 3,256,000 GBP
measurements note 80.2 by 60.3 cm.; signed lower left: Jan Van Huysum fecit, oil on panel
38 ATTRIBUTED TO JACOPO AVANZI ACTIVE IN PADUA AND BOLOGNA 1363 - 1416 THE DORMITION OF THE VIRGIN
Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 164,800 GBP
measurements note 82.8 by 63.3 cm.; oil and tempera on panel, gold ground
41 LORENZO MONACO ACTIVE 1389 - 1423 OR 1424 FLORENCE(?) THE MADONNA OF HUMILITY
Estimate: 400,000—600,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 400,000 GBP
measurements note 106.4 by 62 cm.; tempera on panel, gold ground, pointed top
44 JACOPO ROBUSTI, CALLED JACOPO TINTORETTO VENICE 1518 - 1594 THE LAMENTATION
49 JUSEPE DE RIBERA, CALLED LO SPAGNOLETTO JÁTIVA, VALENCIA 1591 - 1652 NAPLES CHRIST AMONG THE DOCTORS IN THE TEMPLE
Estimate: 80,000—120,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 GBP
measurements note 113.8 by 174 cm.;oil on canvas
51 JUAN DE ARELLANO SANTORCAZ 1614 - 1676 MADRID STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A WICKER BASKET
Estimate: 250,000—350,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 232,000 GBP
measurements note 81.1 by 60.4 cm.;signed lower right: Juan de Arellano, oil on canvas
52 ROMAN SCHOOL, 1783 ROME, A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE VATICAN LOOKING SOUTH-WEST FROM THE FAR BANKS OF THE RIVER TIBER
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 209,600 GBP
measurements note 97.8 by 136.5 cm.; indistinctly signed and dated lower left: ...[i] f. in Roma 1783., oil on canvas, unlined
54 ANTONIO JOLI MODENA CIRCA 1700 - 1777 NAPLES ROME, A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM AND THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE, WITH AN ARTIST SKETCHING IN THE RIGHT FOREGROUND
Estimate : 120,000—180,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 243,200 GBP
measurements note: 98.8 by 149.1 cm.;oil on canvas
55 ANTONIO JOLI MODENA CIRCA 1700 - 1777 NAPLES ROME, A VIEW OF THE CAMPO VACCINO
Estimate:100,000—150,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 232,000 GBP
measurements note: 37.5 by 71 cm.; oil on canvas
57 ANTONIO JOLI MODENA CIRCA 1700 - 1777 NAPLES A VIEW OF PAESTUM IN EVENING LIGHT WITH MERRY TRAVELLERS AND AN ARTIST SKETCHING BELOW A STONE ARCH
Estimate: 200,000—300,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 478,400 GBPmeasurements note 131 by 103.5 cm , inscribed and dated on the reverse of the relining canvas: Vedata. Standi Soto. la. Porta./Dilla Cita di Pesto. Anno Jolli / 1738, oil on canvas
58 GIOVANNI ANTONIO CANAL, CALLED CANALETTO VENICE 1697 - 1768 VENICE, A VIEW OF THE PIAZZETTA LOOKING NORTH
67 JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD GRASSE 1732 - 1806 PARIS TWO GIRLS ON A BED PLAYING WITH THEIR DOGS
Estimate: 2,500,000—3,500,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 2,696,000 GBP
measurements note: 74.3 by 59.3 cm.oil on canvas
RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF EUROPEAN COLLECTIONS INCLUDING THOSE OF BERTOLT BRECHT AND GERHART HAUPTMANN IN AMSTERDAM, SEPTEMBER 27 2006
Sale AM1007
Sale Total: 2,494,926 EUR
LOT # LOT NAME PRICE
44 A DUTCH BURR WALNUT AND WALNUT CABINET ROCOCO, MID 18TH CENTURY 7,440 euros
47 JAN WILLEM VAN BORSELEN DUTCH, 1825-1892 AN ANGLER IN A RIVER LANDSCAPE
Estimate: 12,000—18,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 21,600 EUR MEASUREMENTS : 45 by 70,5 cm.
77 ANTHONIE JACOBUS VAN WIJNGAERDT DUTCH, 1808-1887 A PEASANT WITH HIS CATTLE IN A POLDER LANDSCAPE
Estimate: 1,500—2,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 8,400 EUR MEASUREMENTS; 23,8 by 36,5 cm.
91 A DUTCH OLIVEWOOD, ROSEWOOD, WALNUT AND FRUITWOOD PARQUETRY CABINET ON STAND BAROQUE, CIRCA 1700 Estimate: 6,000—9,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 13,800 EUR
93 A FLEMISH LANDSCAPE TAPESTRY, OUDENAARDE LATE 17TH CENTURY Estimate: 6,000—9,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 12,000 EUR
MEASUREMENTS: 294 by 312cm DESCRIPTION: woven with a peacock and a turkey enclosed in architectural gardens, a palazzo with an arched gallery in the background, a flowering thistle in the foreground, within an associated four-sided border woven with scrolling foliage bearing fruit and inhabited by birds, reduced in width
101 A GERMAN WALNUT AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY AND PARQUETRY CUPBOARD BAROQUE, CIRCA 1730 Estimate: 4,000—6,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 8,400 EUR
MEASUREMENTS: height 196cm, width 193cm, depth 70cm DESCRIPTION: the two-door front inlaid with parrots and star pattern opening to a plain interior, on bun feet, damages
107 N.*** PROTKOWSKI, AFTER SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS RUSSIAN, 19TH CENTURY THE RAPE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF LEUCIPPUS
Estimate: 8,000—12,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 23,400 EUR
MEASUREMENTS: 218.5 by 205.5 cm. DESCRIPTION: signed and indistinctly dated lower right: N. Protkowski/ Munchen 1.../ copie....Rubens
oil on canvas
143 A WHITE MARBLE GROUP OF 'DER KUSS', GERMAN, FERDINAND LEPCKE, 1866-1909 Estimate: 1,500—2,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 7,800 EUR
MEASUREMENTS: height 59cm
185 BORIS MIKHAILOVICH MIKESHIN, 1873-1937. A FINE BRONZE FIGURE OF TSAR PETER THE GREAT, RUSSIAN SCHOOL Estimate: 5,000—7,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 45,600 EUR
MEASUREMENTS: height 57cm DESCRIPTION: dark brown patina, signed in cyrilic B. Mikhailovich Mikeshin and inscribed March 1909/ Biennale 1910/ Bocctabka
210 A DUTCH BRASS EIGHT-LIGHT CHANDELIER BAROQUE, MID 17TH CENTURY Estimate: 20,000—30,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 26,400 EUR MEASUREMENTS:height 76cm DESCRIPTION: the baluster stem issuing eight scrolling arms with vase-shaped nozzles and circular drip pans
212 A GERMAN GILT AND PAINTED OAK RELIEF OF THE PENTECOST, POSSIBLY SAXON (THÜRINGEN) LATE GOTHIC, CIRCA 1500 Estimate: 20,000—30,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 36,000 EUR DESCRIPTION: the central section of a winged altar, with openwork and tracery-carved predella below, restorations
The relief shows the Pentecost or the Descent of the Holy Ghost. The apostles returned to Jerusalem after witnessing the Ascension of Christ. Ten days later, on the day of the feast of Pentecost, ' ...there appeared to them flames of fire, dispersed among them and resting on each one ...'(Acts 2:1-4). The theme is rare in Christian art after the Middle Ages. The twelve apostles, the place of Judas taken by Matthias, the Virgin Mary and occasionally other holy women comprise the scene in which all are at prayer with the Virgin who sits in a central position, personifying the Church.
300 A FINE PAIR OF SOUTH GERMAN GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED YEWWOOD AND WALNUT PARQUETRY BOMBÉ COMMODES, FRANCONIAN, ATTRIBUTED TO TO NIKOLAUS BAUER (1700-1771) MID 18TH CENTURY Estimate: 100,000—150,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 EUR
each with a top parquetted with trelliswork, the sides with lozenge motif, the front en suite to the top, housing a pair of long drawers applied with rocaille-cast gilt-bronze mounts, raised on cabriole legs carved with foliage, the back stamped with initials PW and name Anne-Marie Kramer-Clett
409 A PAIR OF BEECHWOOD MARQUISES TRANSITIONAL LOUIS XV / LOUIS XVI, CIRCA 1770 A PAIR OF BEECHWOOD MARQUISES TRANSITIONAL LOUIS XV / LOUIS XVI, CIRCA 1770
Estimate! 5,000—7,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 21,600 EUR MEASUREMENTS: height 84cm, width 90cm
with moulded toprail, padded backrest, outcurved padded armrests on moulded supports, on cabriole legs, with loose cushion
754 GERMAN SILVER FLATWARE, CIRCA 1930 LOT 754
GERMAN SILVER FLATWARE, CIRCA 1930
Estimate: 1,000—1,500 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 24,000 EUR
6134 gr. excluding steel blades moulded angular handles, comprising; 12 table forks, 12 dinner spoons, 12 dinner knives, 11 dessert forks, 12 dessert spoons, 10 dessert knives, 11 fish forks, 12 fish knives, 11 fruit knives, 6 tea spoons, a pair of cold meat servers, a butter knife, a cheese knife, and another design; 2 table forks, 2 table spoons, 2 dessert spoons, 2 ladles, 11 knife rests, below Dutch legal alloy, 8 salt spoons,and another design with mother-of-pearl handles; 10 dessert forks, 11 dessert knifes, 10 cake forks, 8 cake knifes; 10 cheese knifes with bone handle and 6 miscellaneous pieces (122)
Quantity: 122
832 A FINE NORTH ITALIAN CARVED BONE, HORN VENEERED AND "ALLA CERTOSINA" MARQUETERY GILT BRASS MOUNTED MARRIAGE CASKET, EMBRIACHI WORKSHOP
LATE GOTHIC, CIRCA 1415-1425 Estimate: 7,000—10,000 EUR Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 23,400 EUR
MEASUREMENTS: height 15cm, width 19cm, depth 11cm
the wood carcase overlaid with bone panels carved with youthful figures, the stepped base and lid inlaid with multi coloured wood alla certosina
RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF IMPORTANT SPANISH & IZNIK POTTERY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION HELD IN LONDON ON OCTOBER 11, 2006
SALE INFORMATION
Sale L0622311 Oct 06Sale Total: 1,248,800 GBP
LOT # LOT NAME PRICE
Session 1
59 A RARE SMALL HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE POTTERY ALBARELLO, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, 1375-1425 Estimate 10,000—15,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 40,800 GBPmeasurements note 21cm. height
of slightly waisted form on a flat base with everted foot, with sloping shoulder, high cylindrical neck and everted mouth, decorated in cobalt blue and brown lustre, the body with vertical panels with tree-of-life motifs with dotted filler pattern alternating with panels of stylised palemettes reserved on a solid lustre ground between blue borders, the shoulder with a running leaf design in reserve, the neck with hatched squares in a blue grid
60 A LARGE HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE POTTERY DISH, MANISES, CIRCA 1500 Estimate: 30,000—50,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 84,000 GBPmeasurements: 46.5cm. diam.with slightly everted sides and sloping flattened rim, moulded with raised central boss and gadrooned rim, painted in brilliant golden lustre and cobalt blue with a central armorial shield set in a blue roundel bordered with nine slanting gadroons filled with alternating fish-scale and wheel patterns, the well and cavetto with narrow concentric bands bordered in blue with stylised thistles, fish-scale and wheel patterns extending to the gadroons on the rim, the back with radial lines in the central recess surrounded by stylised leaves and scrolls, two rim holes for suspension
61 A FINE HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE POTTERY ALBARELLO, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, 1435-60 Estimate: 25,000—40,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 78,000 GBPmeasurements: 28cm. height
of slightly waisted form on an everted foot, with sloping shoulder, short cylindrical neck and everted mouth, decorated in cobalt blue and overglaze lustre with a broad central band of ornament derived from the crown encircling the body with attached palmette motifs facing both upward and downward and painted alternately in blue and lustre, the interstices filled with stylised leaves and flowerheads on scrolling tendrils in lustre, repeated on the neck
62 A FINE HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE POTTERY ALBARELLO, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, 1435-60 Estimate: 25,000—40,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 66,000 GBPmeasurements: 26cm. height
of slightly waisted form on an everted foot, with sloping shoulder, short cylindrical neck and everted mouth, decorated in cobalt blue and overglaze lustre with a broad central band encircling the body with attached palmette motifs facing both upward and downward and painted alternately in blue and lustre, the interstices filled with stylised leaves and flowerheads on scrolling tendrils in lustre, repeated on the neck
63 AN IMPORTANT HISPANO-MORESQUE ARMORIAL LUSTRE POTTERY DISH, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, 1470-1500 Estimate: 60,000—90,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 254,400 GBP (Estimate smashed)measurements: 43cm. diam.
of shallow form with short, slightly inverted sides and flattened rim, painted in overglaze lustre with a central armorial shield with twelve radial petal-shaped compartments filled containing alternately thistle buds and dot-and-stalk pattern continued in smaller panels on the vertical sides of the interior and the rim, the back with concentric bands in lustre filled with scrolling leaves, two rim holes for suspension, inventory mark 126.R in red paint on the base. PROVENANCE: formerly Rothschild Collection, inv. no. 126.R
The arms are those of Luna, of Aragon, impaling those of Manuel, of Castile.
64 A FINE PAIR OF HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE POTTERY ALBARELLI, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, 1435-60 Estimate: 60,000—80,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 220,800 GBP (Estimate smashed)measurements: each 29.5cm. height
each of slightly waisted form on an everted foot, with sloping shoulder, short cylindrical neck and everted mouth, decorated in cobalt blue and overglaze lustre, the body with four large lotus-form palmettes on blue stems alternating with stylised five-leaf palmettes painted in lustre against a background of large feathery leaves and foliate tendrils, the neck with pairs of blue palmettes and leaves painted in lustre, each with old inventory mark(?) 5069 PMS[or PM5?]BMR ... in blue paint on the base. EXHIBITED Cannes, Fev-Avril 1957, Exposition de Céramique Espagnole, nos. 102 and 103 (label on base)
A number of jars with comparable decoration are known, including two in the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. nos.32-1907 and 33-1907; see Ray 2000, nos.168 and 169, p.80, col. pl.18), and others in the Cloisters Collection, Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Museo Capodimonte, Naples, the Instituto Valencia de don Juan, and the British Museum.
65 A LARGE HISPANO-MORESQUE ARMORIAL LUSTRE POTTERY DISH, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, 1450-75 Estimate: 30,000—50,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 142,400 GBPmeasurements: 45cm. diam.
with slightly raised centre and straight sloping sides, painted in cobalt blue and overglaze lustre with a central shield with a blue border enclosing an eagle with spread wings looking to the right, the sides of the interior with exuberant palmette scrolls in lustre alternating with stylised rosettes in blue, the back with a monumental heraldic eagle looking to the right displayed on a ground of stylised flowerheads and leaves, the rim drilled twice for suspension. PROVENANCE: ex Joseph Soustiel, 146 Boul. Haussmann, Paris (label on the underside)
The arms are probably those of Aguilar, of Castile.
66 A RARE HISPANO-MORESQUE ARMORIAL LUSTRE POTTERY DEEP DISH, VALENCIA, PROBABLY MANISES, CIRCA 1500Estimate: 25,000—35,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 114,000 GBPmeasurements: 39cm. diam. 8.9cm. depth
of deep form on a flat base with moulded gadrooned sides and gadrooned rim, decorated in cobalt blue and overglaze lustre with a central shield enclosing an eagle facing left, enclosed by narrow concentric bands of stylised flowerheads, trellis pattern and foliate scrolls, similar motifs are repeated on the sides of both the interior and exterior and on the rim, the underside of the rim with loose feathery leaves, the base with alternating wide and narrow concentric lines in lustre
The arms are probably those of Atienda, of Aragon.
The deep form is rarer than the shallow dish, though both ultimately derive from metal prototypes. A comparable deep dish was sold in these rooms, 7 October 1948, lot 149, as part of the Beit Collection, and another from the Gutzwiller Collection, formerly in the Collections of Frederick the Great and William Randolph Hearst, sold 12/13 December 1996, lot 126.
68 AN HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE POTTERY ALBARELLO, VALENCIA OR CATALONIA, SPAIN, 1450-1500 Estimate: 3,000—4,000 GBPLot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 42,000 GBP (Estimate smashed)measurements: 30cm. height
of waisted cylindrical form on a low broad foot, with short cylindrical neck and everted mouth, decorated in cobalt blue and overglaze lustre with overlapping stiff leaves, the neck with chevron motifs
The combination of cobalt blue and copper-red lustre is rare in fifteenth-century Spanish pottery. An attribution to Manises in Valencia has been suggested, though it may be the work of Valencian craftsmen who had emigrated to Catalonia. This jar may be of the type described as pots blaus regalats ("pots melted with blue") in a document of 1449 (see Ray 2000, p.89)