TEFAF 2013 Highlights

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TEFAF Antiques

A La Vieille Russie (110)

Openwork diamond bow brooch, set in silver and gold, 6 cm.

Musy, Turin, circa 1860

Provenance: Queen Margherita of Italy; Queen Elena of Italy; Queen Marie José of Italy.

Gisèle Croës s.a. Arts d'Extrême Orient (133)

Large archaic vessel with openwork crown, Lei.

Bronze, 43 cm

Spring and autumn period (770-481 BC)

Extremely rare because of its rich decoration and early age.

Epoque Fine Jewels (130)

'Mystery set' ruby and diamond pavot brooch by van Cleef & Arpels, designed as a calibré-cut ruby flower with brilliant cut diamond pistils, mounted in platinum.

1964

Mystery setting' is a unique technique associated with Van Cleef & Arpels, which was patented in 1933. It consists of setting stones in such a way that the setting is invisible.

Galerie 1492 (147)

Mask representing a human face, Mexico, Teotihuacan culture.

Black stone, 19.6 x 19 cm

Circa 0-600 AD

Daniel Katz Ltd (100)

Sculpture of the goddess Isis

Dark sandstone, known as greywacke, 29 inch.

Late Period Dynasty, circa 664 - 525 BC.

Mentink & Roest (174)

Gilt bronze automaton clock in the shape of an ostrich. 52 x 32 x 35 cm

Germany, circa 1580

Ex collection princely house of Lichtenstein, Schloss Eisgrub. Only one other comparable

Lichtenstein example is known, which can be seen in the Würtembergisches Landesmuseum,

Stuttgart.€1.2 mln

Galerie Meyer-Oceanic Art (432)

Pestle of Royal origin.

18th century Polynesia

Volcanic stone

Perrin Antiquaires (104)

Bureau plat Prince Murat (brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte) by Jean-Henri Riesener

(1734-1806)

Mottled mahogany, ormolu, leather

70.5 x 179 x 95.5 cm

Paris, Louis XVI period

From the collection of Prince and Princess Joachim Murat, 1961

Röbbig München Frühe Porzellane-Kunsthandel (116)

Augustus Rex vase in the form of a birdcage with two birds by George Fritzsche the Elder

(1697-1756), Meissen circa 1730/1731, decoration by Johann Höroldt.

53 cm

AR'-monogram and inventory number of the Royal Porcelain Colelction at the Japanese

Palace in Dresden. From the collection of Augustus the Strong.

Rossi & Rossi (166)

Eleven-headed Tibetan Avalokitèshvara

Bronze figure with silver and copper inlay and inset with semi-precious stones, 120cm

Circa 1400.

The largest recorded early Tibetan bronze of the iconic form of this Buddhist deity.

€5.5 mln

Somlo Antiques (157)

Travel Nécessaire Cabinet with inset watch, movement signed Thomas Grant. Cabinet signed

John Barbot, London, 1764

Gems, agate, enamel and 22ct gold monted,

Made for the Imperial Chinese Court.

Wartski (242)

The shot that nearly killed the Tsar by Carl Fabergé.

1906

Historic relic of a possible assassination attempt on Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

TEFAF Paintings

Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd. (382)

Odysseus and Nausicaa, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678)

Watercolour and aqueous medium over underdrawing in black chalk laid down on canvas,

96.2 x 193.6 cm

Cartoon for a tapestry that was never executed.

The painting of the same subject is presented at TEFAF by Johnny van Haeften Ltd.

Kunsthandel Ivo Bouwman (333)

Jardin de presbytère, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Watercolour on paper, 38 x 49 cm

Signed and dated 'Nuenen, October 1885'

Bernheimer-Colnaghi

Bernheimer Fine Old Masters (306)

A Bearded Old Man with a Brown Cloak, Jan Lievens

Oil on canvas, 67 x 56cm.

1631

Johnny van Haeften Ltd (304)

The meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa, Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678)

Oil on canvas, 117.5 x 194 cm, signed

The preparatory cartoon is presented at TEFAF by Jean-Luc Baroni ltd.

De Jonckheere (342)

The Crucifixion, Jan Brueghel the Elder

Oil on copper, 25 x 35 cm

1594

On the market at TEFAF Maastricht for the first time in more than four centuries.

Kunsthandel Rob Kattenburg BV (367)

Contemporary full hull model of the Dutch 36-gun merchant frigate Mercurius (1747), Paulus van Zwijndregt (1681-1741)

148 x 172 x 77.5 cm

The model took over three years to complete. A full size merchant ship takes only five to eight months.

Koetser Gallery (340)

A still-Life of Fruit and Shells with a Rose and various insects upon a stone ledge, Balthasar van der Ast 1593/4 – 1657

Oil on Panel 36.5 X50.5 cm

Signed lower right: B. vander. Ast

Otto Naumann Ltd (351)

Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black tunic and white golilla collar, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velàquez (1599-1660)

Oil on canvas, 47 x 39 cm

Noortman Master Paintings (349)

The Three Witches, Johann Heinrich Fuseli (1741-1825)

Oil on canvas 62.8 x 76.9 cm

Circa 1786

Illustrates the pivotal moment in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act I, scene 3.

Rob Smeets Old Master Paintings (383)

Portrait of a bearded man, bust length wearing a black hat and fur, holding a dagger, Joos ven

Cleve (1485-1540)

Dateable c. 1515

Oil on panel prepared with an arched top

24.5 x 19.5cm

The Weiss Gallery (350)

Portrait of an unknown Italian noble woman, Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641)

Circa 1621-1627

Oil on canvas, the corners made up

100.4 x 74.9 cm

TEFAF Modern

Ben Brown Fine Arts (520)

Dat Rosa Mel Apibus (The rose gives Honey for the Bees), Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945)

Emulsion, acrylic shellac, chalk, honeycomb and flower seeds, 281 x 381 x 8 cm

1996

Applicat-Prazan (442)

Site Urbain, Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985)

Collage on canvas, 150 x 195 cm

1962

One of the earliest works from his Hourloupe period

Galerie Bastian (525)

Backrest of a fine-limbed person (hare type) of 20 th century AD, Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)

1972-1982

Backrest: Iron (cast). 96 x 45 x 15cm

Vitrine: 183.5 x 155 x 64.5cm

Patrick Derom Gallery (447)

49 spheres of the same colour on an inclined raised plane, Pol Bury

Polychrome wood, electric motor, 186 x 60.5 x 113 cm

1966

Gagosian Gallery (445)

Metallic Venus, Jeff Koons (b. 1955)

Mirror-polished stainless steel with transparant coating and live flowering plants,

254 x 132.1 x 101.6 cm

2010-2012

Hans P. Kraus Jr. Fine Photographs (450)

The Norman Album, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)

75 albumen prints, 34.3 x 26.3 cm,

1864-1869

Portraits in the album include Charles Darwin, Alfred Tennyson and John Frederic William

Herschel.

Kukje Gallery (523)

Ablutions, Bill Viola (b. 1951)

Colour video diptych on plasma display mounted vertically on wall, 101.3 x 121.9 x 10.8 cm

Landau Fine Art, Inc. (414)

Le Chasseur (Page boy), Chaim Soutine (1893-1943)

Oil on canvas, 65 x 50.2 cm

Circa 1928

Marlborough Galerie GmbH (412)

Head of Debbie Ratcliff II, Frank Auerbach (1931)

Oil on canvas, 66 x 66 cm

1983-1984

Van de Weghe Fine Art (522)

The Den, Roy Liechtenstein (1923-1997)

Mixed media collage on board, 147 x 182 cm

1990-1996

TEFAF Design

Didier Ltd (602)

Gold necklace, Meret Oppenheim

Its form was taken from a picture that she had painted in 1934 for her lover Max Ernst which was left behind in Paris when he escaped from the Nazis in 1939.

Galerie Downtown

François Laffanour (605)

Bookcase, white tinted wood and a six sided table, resp. pine, and white tinted wood, braided rush, Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999)

Resp. 1966 and 1949

Both unique pieces. The six sided table is from her apartement in Rio de Janeiro.

Galerie Ulrich Fiedler (601)

Chair for the Argyle Street Tea Room in Glasgow, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Solid oak

1898

Sebastian + Barquet (610)

Presentation of 31 pieces of furniture, ranging from a lamp and daybed to the Conoid-bench from the Nelson Rockefeller collection, George Nakashima

TEFAF Classical Antiquities

Charles Ede Ltd (424)

Roman sarcophagus with a decoration of a temple entrance, flanked with laurel swags,

Marble, 68.5 x 216 cm

2nd-3rd century BC

Galerie Harmakhis (423)

25th Dynasty c690-664BC

Ushabti for Pharaoh Taharqa. 29.2cm high. Originally from the royal pyramid at Nuri in the

Sudan excavated by the American Egyptologist George Reisner in 1917.

Gordian Weber Kunsthandel (430)

Wooden figure of a dignitary,with original paint, 99.5 cm

5th-6th dynasty, circa 2,500-2,200 BC

€ 480,000

TEFAF Paper

Antiquariaat Forum BV (703)

Historia septem sapientium Romae,

Circa 1480

The first illustrated book printed by Gheraert Leeu in Gouda in the Netherlands. No copy of any edition before 1483 in any language has been recorded in a Dutch library.

Daniel Crouch Rare Books (703)

De humani corporis fbrica libri septem by Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)

First edition of the most famous anatomical work ever published.

Basel, 1543

W&K-Wienerroither & Kohlbacher (706)

Mother and Child I (Mutter und Kind I), Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

Oil on canvas, 57.7 x 50.7 cm

1909-1911

Early major work by the artist.

TEFAF Manuscripts

Dr. Jörn Günther Rare Books AG (118)

Prayerbook for Emperor Charles V, 30 pages with miniatures, Ghent or Bruges, Collaborator of Simon Bening (1483-1561)

Manuscript on vellum, 17.2 x 120 cm

Circa 1517

The small format prayer book is striking for its fine details and superb colors. It may be the earliest prayer book commissioned by or for him.

TEFAF Haute Joaillerie

Otto Jakob (148)

Conmovidas earrings. A Micro pavé set with 279 rubies, 265 pink sapphires, 95 yellow saphires and 68 diamonds.

TEFAF Showcase

Sinai & Sons Ltd (F)

Two-drawer commode, Emile Gallé (1846-1904)

Mother-of-pearl and fruitwood marqueterie inlaid, 86.7 x 86.7 x 55.9 cm

Commissioned as part of a 4-piece bedroom suite by the important collector Henry Hirsch

1900-1904

Other

Thomas Heneage Art Books (810)

Very rare bronze bell, probably South West France., late 13th/14th century,

Inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA DNS

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