A CHINESE PEAR-SHAPED FAMILLE RSOE VASE, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Le vase en forme de poire est bien émaillé autour du corps bulbeux avec quatre grandes fleurs de lotus stylisées au milieu d'un réseau de vrilles portant d'autres fleurs mineures, le tout réservé sur un fond blanc et entre une bande de têtes de ruyi pendantes autour du bord et des pétales de lotus verticaux autour de la base, au-dessus d'une chaîne en forme de clé de voûte. Hauteur : 29 cm

Sunset in the Park, Francisco Torrescassana (Barcelona, ​​1845-ibidem, 1918), 19th century Catalan school Signed and dated 1875, canvas measurements: 46 x 35 cm, framed measurements: 52 x 40 cm. Spanish painter, disciple of Ramón Martí Alsina. Works by Torrescassana are preserved, among others, in the National Museum of Art of Catalonia, the Víctor Balaguer Library Museum, or the Museum of Art of Gerona, and the collection of Banco Sabadell, with a painting dedicated to the vintage in which the traditional realism that characterized much of his painting, closely linked to the teachings received from Martí Alsina, opens up to new studies of light. As for portraits, also abundant in his artistic production, the University of Barcelona keeps the portrait of Pablo González Huebra in the rectoral gallery, as well as in the dining room of Antoni Gaudí's Casa Vicens. Bibliography: Alcolea, Santiago, Paintings of the University of Barcelona. Catalog, University of Barcelona, ​​1980, ISBN 84-852-5721-9