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Lot 182: A still-life of flowers in a vase on a stone ledge, including a parrot tulip, a peony, auriculas, cabbage roses, convolvulus, bluebells, and a yellow chrysanthemum

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJune 10, 2008

Item Overview

Description

CORNELIS VAN SPAENDONCK (DUTCH, 1756-1840)
A still-life of flowers in a vase on a stone ledge, including a parrot tulip, a peony, auriculas, cabbage roses, convolvulus, bluebells, and a yellow chrysanthemum
signed with initials 'C V S.' (lower right)
on card
2½ in. (63 mm.) diam., set on the cover of a gilt-metal mounted black tortoiseshell bonbonnière

Exhibited

's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabants Museum, Gerard en Cornelis van Spaendonck, twee Brabantse bloemenschilders in Parijs, 1980-1981, no. 74 (as by Gerard van Spaendonck), illustrated.

Literature

M. van Boven/S. Segal, Gerard & Cornelis van Spaendonck, Maarssen, 1980, p. 147, no. 74 (as by Gerard van Spaendonck), illustrated.

Provenance

Nieuwersluis, private collection, in 1980.
'A Private Collection of Gold Boxes'; Christie's, Amsterdam, 18 June 1985, lot 646 (as by Gerard van Spaendonck).

Notes

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Auction Details

Important Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

by
Christie's
June 10, 2008, 10:30 AM WET

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK