Null Set of four porcelain SUJETS

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Set of four porcelain SUJETS

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Set of four porcelain SUJETS

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Estim. 40 - 60 EUR

ASIA - CHINA: set of four red-tinted glass figurines, including Buddha and four elephants (missing and damaged), on openwork bases in red blackened wood (10x7cm - 6x6cm).

Estim. 70 - 100 EUR

A collection of photographs, reproductions, documentation and various negatives, mainly on history, war, art, religion and espionage. Examples of subjects: Mata-Hari, Gertrude Brieger, executions, etc. Some twenty silver prints with captions and/or stamps (Madrilenian Holy Week, Holy Week in Paris, Easter image, Vatican Ecumenical Council, Monseigneur Menager appointed Bishop of Meaux, Patriarch of Jerusalem visiting London, four Capuchins judged by the Tribunal of Messina, etc.). Various states and formats.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Set of archives belonging to the orientalist Jean-Jacques Pierre DESMAISONS (1807-1873) The set includes : - various handwritten letters (private correspondence, letters of condolence, compliments, etc.) in Persian, Turkish, Russian, French and Armenian; - linguistic exercises for learning Persian and Turkish; - object study notebooks: weapons, numismatics, engraved stones from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, plaques, etc; - notes on literary works, bibliographies, lists of names and titles; - several writings in Arabic, possibly law books, dated from the 18th century; - book invoices; - poetry booklets in French and Arabic; - a sketch of a qâjâr character; - a few drafts and miscellaneous scribbled documents; - printed newspapers and handwritten notes on current affairs; - more official letters, often addressed to "His Excellency", sealed and dated: among them, 3 letters sealed with royal stamps and dated: one in the name of Nâser Mohammad (?) and dated 1264 H / 1847 as is the seal, a second sealed in the name of Mohammad Shâh Qâjâr and dated 1202 H / 1787, the seal dated 1250 H / 1834, a third sealed in the name of Mohammad Shâh Ghâzî and dated 1202 H / 1787, the seal dated 1250 H / 1834. - Four Ottoman firmans stamped and dated. Jean-Jacques Pierre DESMAISONS was born in Chambéry in 1807 and became a subject of the Duke of Savoy in 1815. Around 1826, he left for St. Petersburg to study oriental languages. After studying in St. Petersburg and Kazan, he taught Oriental languages at the Nepliouev military school in Orenburg. In 1833-1834, on the orders of the military governor of Orenburg, he undertook an exploratory trip to Bukhara as part of a caravan, disguised as a Tatar mullah, without being unmasked. From 1836, in St. Petersburg, he taught Turkish, then became head of the Oriental Languages Department. In 1846, he helped found the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society, of which he was treasurer. On December 14, 1847, King Charles Albert I of Sardinia conferred on him the title of Baron, which he was authorized to wear in Russia on November 30, 1857. He began editing and translating the Histoire des Mongols et des Tatares by Abû al-Ghâzî Bahadûr (khan of Khiva), based on a manuscript discovered by Vladimir Ivanovitch Dahl in Orenburg, as well as compiling a Persian-French dictionary. He retired in 1872 and died in Aix-les-Bains in 1873. Several archives by Jean-Jacques Pierre DESMAISONS were presented for sale at Ader & Nordmann as part of the Russian Art sale on February 22, 2019 (lots 76 to 85). We would like to thank Mr. Nicolas Filatoff, expert in Russian art, for his biographical prose on the Orientalist. A Group of Archives belonging to the Orientalist Jean-Jacques Pierre Desmaisons

Estim. 10 000 - 15 000 EUR

SET OF FOUR PLAQUES, 17th CENTURY ITALIAN WORK, PROBABLY FLORENCE In hardstone marquetry, depicting an elephant, a camel, a lion and another feline, the black marble background surrounded by a Sienna yellow marble border, in blackened wood frames of later date. Dimensions (unframed):11 x 14.5 cm (4 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.) A set of four Italian 17th century pietra dura panels, probably Florence This set of four 17th-century hardstone panels is attributable to the Galleria de' Lavori, the famous Florentine factory founded by Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany in 1588 and later known as the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Our plaques were created using the commesso technique, which involves assembling hard stones of various shapes, colors and sizes, then applying them to a marble background, simulating the effects of a painting. These plaques bear precious witness to the craze for exotic animals in the decorative arts in the 17th and 18th centuries. Lions, camels and elephants were described by explorers, then reproduced in engravings, before being reinterpreted by artists who were quick to incorporate them into the decorative arts. In this respect, it is interesting to note that the elephant plate presented here can be compared with an engraving in the British Museum in London (cf. fig. 1) by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618), a Flemish artist from Antwerp. The animal subjects on our plates are similar to those found on important 17th-century Florentine cabinets, such as the one sold at Christie's London, Exceptional Sale, October 13, 2021, lot 2, or the one sold at Christie's London, July 23, 2020, lot 42. This set of four 17th-century hardstone panels is attributable to the Galleria de' Lavori, the famous Florentine manufactory founded by Grand Duke Ferdinand I of Tuscany in 1588 and later known as the Opificio delle Pietre Dure. Our plaques were created using the commesso technique, which involves assembling hard stones of various shapes, colors and sizes, then applying them to a marble background, simulating the effects of a painting. These plaques bear precious witness to the craze for exotic animals in the decorative arts in the 17th and 18th centuries. Lions, camels and elephants were described by explorers, then reproduced in engravings, before being reinterpreted by artists who were quick to incorporate them into the decorative arts. In this respect, it is interesting to note that the elephant plate presented here can be compared with an engraving in the British Museum in London (cf. fig. 1) by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618), a Flemish artist from Antwerp. The animal subjects on our plates are similar to those found on important 17th-century Florentine cabinets, such as the one sold at Christie's London, Exceptional Sale, October 13, 2021, lot 2, or the one sold at Christie's London, July 23, 2020, lot 42.

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