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KAREL APPEL (1921 - 2006) - KAREL APPEL (1921 - 2006) - "Blue boy" - Beautiful sculpture in wood - Signed - Numbered 60/60 - COBRA - Dutch school - 66 x 48 cm

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

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"DINGO" VINTAGE SCULPTURE IN WOOD - Polychrome - "GOOFY" - H: 33 cm

Estim. 50 - 150 EUR

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HAND-painted CAT IN WOOD - H: 52 cm

Estim. 50 - 150 EUR

Wed 22 May

Bodhisattva; China, Yuan-Ming Dynasty, XIII-XIV centuries. Wood with traces of polychrome. Attached certificate C-14. Work exhibited at Feriarte 2006. It has faults. Measurements: 137 x 70 x 37 cm; 137 x 72, 5 x 52 cm (with base). Wooden sculpture representing Bodhisattva. The term bodhisattva designates a being who, by the systematic exercise of the perfect virtues, reaches Buddhahood, but renounces to enter the complete Nirvana in order to help and guide all beings, until all of them are liberated. His determining quality is compassion, supported by wisdom and supreme knowledge. A bodhisattva gives active help and is ready to take upon himself the suffering of all beings and to transfer his karmic merit to others; logically, they are the object of veneration by the believers, who feel them closer and see in them guides and help in their needs. In this particular case, the way in which the back of the sculpture is worked indicates that the piece was originally part of the ornamentation of an architectural space and probably also of a larger sculptural group. In spite of the faults caused by the passage of time, the quality of the carving and the skill of the artist can still be appreciated. During the Yuan dynasty a rich cultural diversity developed. The main cultural achievements were the development of the theater and the novel and the increased use of the written vernacular. Arts and culture also developed and flourished greatly during the Yuan dynasty. The political unity of China and much of Central Asia promoted trade between East and West. The extensive contacts of the Mongols with Western Asia and Europe produced a great deal of cultural exchange. The other cultures and peoples of the Mongol Empire also greatly influenced China. It had greatly facilitated exchange and trade throughout Asia until its decline; communications between the Yuan dynasty and its ally and subordinate in Persia, the Ilkhanate, fostered this development. Buddhism had a great influence on Yuan rule, and Tantric Buddhism of the Tibetan rite had greatly influenced China during this period. Attached certificate C-14. Work exhibited at Feriarte 2006. It has faults.

Estim. 30 000 - 31 000 EUR

Thu 23 May

Fine Portrait on panel of Juan Bautista de Muguiro, attributed to Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) - Aragonese School of the 19th century - Fine Portrait on panel of Juan Bautista de Muguiro, attributed to Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) - Aragonese School of the 19th century Oil on panel: 23 x 18 cm, measures with frame 32 x 26 cm. Muguiro, banker and merchant, perhaps exiled in Bordeaux due to the services rendered to King Joseph Bonaparte by his family firm, "J. Irivaren y sobrinos", later held important political positions in the Spain of Isabella II, being, for example, president of the Cortes and senator between 1836 and 1845. Goya, in the dedicatory inscription of the painting, defines himself as a "friend" of the portrayed, perhaps to thank him with that term, so generic in Castilian, for the efforts or aid received from him, who was also the banker of his son Javier. A few years earlier, Goya had thus dedicated "to his friend Arrieta", the portrait he gave to the doctor who saved his life during the illness that affected him in 1819. The artist presented Muguiro for posterity in his most prosaic and mercantile aspect, reading a recently opened letter and seated next to a desk covered with papers, on which shines a large green and gold porcelain inkwell. Goya in his old age condenses his technique in a few brushstrokes, given with sudden impulses of energy, which reveal the effort of his hand and his eyes, almost blind, although it has remained intact. Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., "Goya in the Prado. History of a singular collection", Goya. New Visions. Tribute to Enrique Lafuente Ferrari, Isabel García de la Rasilla and Francisco Calvo Serraller (eds.), Madrid, Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado, 1987, pp. 307-322.

Estim. 6 000 - 7 500 EUR