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Lot 119: BOÎTE RONDE EN OR ET ÉMAIL, PAR JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY, PARIS, 1783-1784, LA MINIATURE PAR LOUIS MARIE SICARD (1746-1825), DIT SICARD...

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ArtcurialSheung Wan – Hong Kong, Hong KongOctober 05, 2015

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BOÎTE RONDE EN OR ET ÉMAIL, PAR JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY, PARIS, 1783-1784, LA MINIATURE PAR LOUIS MARIE SICARD (1746-1825), DIT SICARDI
Ornée sous verre sur le couvercle d'une miniature sur ivoire, présentant une femme de trois quarts appuyée sur une colonne, vêtue d'une robe bleue, elle porte un chapeau de paille, orné d'un toquet de plumes, signée Sicardi 1783, le fond et le pourtour émaillés bleu semés d'étoiles, cernés ou encadrés de bandeaux perlés blanc ou opalescent, soulignés de culots d'émail vert, gravée sur la gorge de l'inscription : DU PETIT D'UN KERKE, et numérotée 12 ; petits accidents
D. : 8,2 cm
Poids brut : 179 gr.
18 k (750)

Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, reçu en 1768.

Poinçons :
- Maître orfèvre, Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, une fleur de lys couronnée, deux grains, JEB, un niveau.
- Maison commune, U couronné, Paris, du 12 juillet 1783 au 17 juillet 1784.
- Charge, (ouvrages d'or et menus argent) deux L entrelacés, Paris de septembre 1782 au 23 février 1789.
- Décharge, (petits ouvrages d'or et d'argent) tête de vanneau, Paris, de septembre 1782 au 23 février 1789.

Suite à un renforcement de la législation, toute importation commerciale d'ivoire d'éléphant, d'Afrique et d'Asie, est interdite aux États-Unis. Tout acheteur devra avoir pris connaisance de la legislation en vigueur, et ne pourra justifier une annulation de vente ou un délai dans le règlement pour inabilité d'export ou d'import.

A ROUND-SHAPED GOLD-MOUNTED AND ENAMEL PORTRAIT SNUFF BOX, BY JOSEPH-ETIENNE BLERZY, PARIS, 1783-1784, THE MINIATURE BY LOUIS MARIE SICARD (1746-1825), CALLED SICARDI

The cover decorated with a glazed miniature on ivory depicting a blue dressed women facing left, with a straw hat, signed Sicardi 1783, the sides and base set with blue stars sown enamel, engraved: DU PETIT D'UN KERKE, and numbered 12 ; small accidents
D. : 3 1/4 in.
Gross weight : 179 gr.
18 k (750)

Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, registered in 1768.

Poinçons :
- Maker's mark : Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, crowned fleur de lys, two grains, JEB.
- Warden's mark : crowned U, Paris, from 12th July 1783 to 17th July 1784.
- Charge mark : two interlaced L, Paris from September 1782 to February 23rd 1789.
- Discharge mark : lapwing head, Paris, from September 1782 to February 23rd 1789.

Buyers should ensure they are familiar with the recent changes to US regulations, which impose restrictions on the import into the US of elephant ivory, including a complete prohibition on the import of African and Asian elephant ivory. A buyer's inability to export or import the lot cannot justify the cancellation of the sale or any delay in making payment of the total amount due.

PORTRAIT D'UNE FEMME DE QUALITÉ
Par son corsage et sa coiffure à la conseillère, avec un léger chapeau de paille, ainsi que par certains traits de son visage, le portrait du personnage féminin peint sur notre boîte se rapproche d'une autre miniature, aussi par Louis-Marie Sicardi (1), qui semblerait représenter Mademoiselle Victorine de Chastenay-Lanty. Hélas, les dates de naissance de cette dernière - 1771 - et d'exécution du portrait sur la boîte, ainsi que le poinçon de l'orfèvre, les deux indiquant l'année 1783, excluent cette possibilité, car à ce moment, Victorine de Chastenay n'était âgée que de 12 ans (2). Il reste très difficile d'identifier la jeune femme portraiturée sur cette boîte, bien que son visage n'est pas sans évoquer quelques autres portraits réalisés autour des années 1780-1790, notamment celui de Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans (1753-1821), peint par Madame Vigée-Lebrun et exposé au Salon de 1789 (3), également repris en miniature par Sicardi (4) et un dernier, dû au peintre Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis, conservé par le musée des Beaux-Arts de Metz (5) (fig. a-c). Cependant, il est impossible d'identifier de manière irréfutable notre personnage comme étant la duchesse d'Orléans, âgée de 30 ans en 1783, ainsi il conserve tout son mystère.

SICARDI, PEINTRE DE LA MAISON DU ROI
Louis-Marie Sicard, dit Sicardi naquît à Avignon en 1743 et reçu une formation artistique dans l'atelier de son père, Jean-Pierre, peintre du roi. Il devint membre de l'Académie de Bordeaux, agrée en 1769 et reçu en 1771. Arrivé à Paris en 1774, il connut un certain succès qui lui valut la charge de peintre de la Maison du roi et de ses Menus Plaisirs en 1779 et se spécialisa dans la réalisation de pastels et surtout de miniatures, qu'il exposa constamment aux Salons, entre 1791 et 1819. A la fin de sa vie, il habitait au 49, rue de Charonne, où il décéda en 1825. Hormis les portraits de Louis XVI (6), de Marie-Antoinette (7) et d'autres membres de la famille royale, tels ceux de la duchesse d'Orléans mentionnés, destinés principalement aux cadeaux diplomatiques, Sicardi réalisa des portraits de femmes restées, hélas, anonymes, dont un nombre relativement important est encore conservé (8).

JOSEPH-ÉTIENNE BLERZY (1768-1806)
L'orfèvre qui réalisa notre boîte, Joseph-Etienne Blerzy (1768-1806), ayant été apprenti depuis 1750 chez François-Joachim Aubert, accéda à la maîtrise le 12 mars 1768 et s'établit sur le pont au Change, à l'enseigne A la ville de Leipzig, où il exerça sa profession jusqu'en 1786 lorsque sa maison fut démolie lors des travaux de dégagement de ce pont. On le retrouve par la suite installé au 41, rue de la Monnaie, puis en 1805, au 118, rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré et en 1806, au numéro 3 de la même rue. Sa principale production, réputée pour la qualité de ses bijoux en or, date de l'époque de Louis XVI et il semble que l'orfèvre cessa de produire sous le Premier Empire. Son œuvre conservée comporte treize tabatières et deux étuis à cire, conservés au Louvre (9), un pommeau de canne, à Paris, au musée des Arts décoratifs, sept tabatières au musée Cognacq-Jay (10), une boîte à miniature au musée de Tours (11), une autre à la Wallace Collection (12), douze boîtes et tabatières, un souvenir et deux étuis à cire au Metropolitan Museum de New York (13), ainsi que des pièces faisant partie de collections privées (14).

AU PETIT DUNKERQUE, BIJOUTIER DE TOUT PARIS SOUS LOUIS XVI
Etabli jusqu'en 1761 à Dunkerque, le marchand Charles-Raymond Granchez ( ? - † ap.1813) est un de rares merciers d'origine provinciale à ouvrir un commerce dans la capitale et à connaître un succès spectaculaire. Il obtint des lettres de maîtrise du corps de merciers de Paris, le 8 avril 1767 et ouvrit son magasin quai de Conti, à l'enseigne Au Petit Dunkerque, qu'il fit peindre par Joseph Vernet (15). Puis, à partir du 23 mai 1774, il devint marchand bijoutier de la reine. Malgré l'aspect prospère de son commerce il fut poursuivi par ses créanciers dès 1785 et la faillite s'ensuivit en 1787, lorsqu'il leur devait plus de vingt-deux mille livres (16). Et pourtant, ce magasin choisi par Sébastien Mercier pour décrire la boutique d'un marchand bijoutier dans son Tableau de Paris, publié la même année et dont l'auteur disait que " rien ne peut être plus brillant à l'œil " que ce temple du luxe, avait connu des meilleurs jours et avait révolutionné la pratique commerciale du temps grâce au procédé innovant de la vente à prix fixe. La baronne d'Oberkirch en parle dans ses Mémoires, lors de la visite qu'elle y fit le 28 mai 1784 en compagnie de Mme de Benckendorf : " Nous restâmes plusieurs heures au Petit-Dunkerque. C'était l'enseigne d'un bijoutier demeurant à la descente du Pont-Neuf. Rien n'est joli et brillant comme cette boutique, remplie de bijoux et de colifichets en or, dont on paye la façon dix fois ce que vaut la matière. On vendait à prix fixe, et, bien que les modèles soient élégants et variés, bien que le travail en soit exquis, le fabricant vendait au bon marché, disait-il ; aussi il y avait tant d'acheteurs que souvent on y plaçait une garde. Nous choisîmes le joujou à la mode, une sorte de petit moulin pour mettre à la montre. Madame la comtesse du Nord en emporta beaucoup en Russie " (17). L'inventaire après décès de l'épouse de Granchez, établi en 1784, et les papiers de sa faillite en 1787, révèlent les noms d'une brillante clientèle et de nombreux artisans qui fournissaient son commerce. La reine, le comte et la comtesse d'Artois, le duc de Chartres, le duc de Boubon, la princesse de Lamballe, la comtesse du Nord, pour ne mentionner que les plus importants, achetaient chez Granchez. Parmi ses fournisseurs, l'orfèvre Joseph-Etienne Blerzy figurait pour la somme de 14 292 livres en 1784, puis pour celle encore plus importante 19 259 livres en 1787.

Ainsi que notre boîte, le Louvre conserve cinq autres pièces portant l'inscription Au Petit Dunkerque, réalisées par Charles-Alexandre Bouillerot (18), Pierre-Denis Hoart (19), Charles Le Bastier (20), tous des orfèvres qui se retrouvent dans les papiers du marchand Granchez, ainsi que par un joaillier anonyme (21).

Il faut également mentionner la collaboration entre Sicardi et l'orfèvre Blerzy qui réalisèrent des boîtes ornées du portrait de Louis XVI, dont deux sont encore conservées : l'une se trouvait sur le marché de l'art (22) et l'autre fait partie des collections du Metropolitan Museum of Art de New York (23). Or, on sait que le peintre Sicardi figure sur les comptes des Menus Plaisirs du roi et qu'il avait livré pour cette administration pendant le quartier d'octobre 1782, " Quatre portraits de Sa Majesté à 15 Louis chacun ", qui lui furent payés finalement 144 livres (24). Ceci conforterait l'hypothèse que les deux boîtes ornées de portraits de Louis XVI, réalisées par ce peintre et par l'orfèvre Blerzy, constituent des commandes pour les Menus Plaisirs, aussi que notre boîte issue de la même collaboration, pourrait bien représenter un personnage de la famille royale. Avec différentes variantes, Sicardi avait peint le portrait du roi à plusieurs reprises, qui fut employé aussi bien pour le décor du couvercle d'une bonbonnière en or et en écaille, attribuée à l'orfèvre Jean Porcher, aujourd'hui au Louvre (25), que monté en miniatures souvenir, comme celles conservées à la Wallace Collection (26).

-1- Christie's, Londres, 20 novembre 2013, n°224.
-2- Le portrait sur la miniature vendue par Christie's en 2013, présente cependant peu de ressemblance avec un autre portrait de la Comtesse de Chastenay par Mme Vigée-Lebrun, qui semble avoir été exposé au Salon de 1785, donc à l'âge de 14 ans, et qui est conservé aujourd'hui au Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico, The Luis A. Ferre Foundation, voir.Joseph Baillio, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 1755-1842, cat. exp. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982, p.58.
-3- Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, inv. MV 3912, en dépôt au musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille ; une variante de celui-ci, autrefois dans les collections des feux Mgr le Comte et Mme la Comtesse de Paris.
-4- Un exemplaire Paris, musée du Louvre, inv. OA 2245, voir Serge Grandjean, Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre, Paris, RMN, 1981, cat. 384, p. 260 ; un autre, un peu différent, vente, Paris, Mes Binoche-Giquello, 30 mars 2012, n°86.
-5- Inv. 11465. Cette œuvre semble à tort identifiée comme représentant la princesse de Lamballe, car il n'a aucune ressemblance avec les autres portraits connus de ce personnage.
-6- Paris, musée du Louvre, inv. RF 5092, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 178, p. 147 ; d'autres exemplaires de boîtes avec le portrait de Louis XVI, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 30.58.3, Londres, The Wallace Collection, inv. XI-84.
-7- Paris, musée du Louvre, inv. OA 2167, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 609, p. 375-376.
-8- Paris, musée du Louvre, inv. RF 5078, RF 5091, OA 2254, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 5-6, p. 37-38, cat. 287, p. 206. Londres, The Wallace Collection, inv. M 301, M 303, etc.
-9- Voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 27-41, p. 50-57.
-10- José de Los Llanos, Christiane Grégoire, Musée Cognacq-Jay. Les collections. Boîtes en or et objets de vertu, Paris musées, 2011, cat. 24-30, p. 96-111.
-11- Inv. 1897-5-1.
-12- Inv. G 63.
-13- Inv. 1975.1.1543 ; 1975.1.1544 ; 17.190.1130 ; 17.190.1133 ; 17.190.1138 ; 17.190.1155 ; 17.190.1171 ; 17.190.1189 ; 48.187.427 ; 48.187.455 ; 48.187.454 ; 17.190.1246 a-C ; 38.50.44 a-b ; 38.50.48 a-b.
-14- Sotheby's, Londres, 6 juillet 2011, n°129 ; Christie's, Londres, 25 mai 2004, n°102 ; Christie's, Londres, 10 juin 2008, n° 128 ; Christie's, Londres, 16 juin 2008, n°128 ; Christie's, Londres, 17 novembre 2009, n°306, .etc.
-15- Carolyn Sargentson, Merchants and luxury Markets. The Marchands Merciers of Eighteenth-Century Paris, Londres, Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 119 et suiv.
-16- Arch. de Paris, D4B6, carton 91, dossier 6280.
-17- Baronne d'Oberkirch, Mémoires, Paris, Mercure de France, 1989, p. 172.
-18- Inv. TH 1426, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 45, p. 59.
-19- Inv. OA 6842, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 128, p. 115-116.
-20- Inv. OA 6781 et OA 6796, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 145 et 147, p. 125-126.
-21- Inv. OA 7632, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 253, p. 190-191.
-22- Sotheby's, Londres 6 juillet 2011, n°129.
-23- Inv. 30.58.3.
-24- Arch. nat. O1 30637.
-25- Inv. RF 5092, voir Grandjean, 1981, cat. 178, p. 147.
-26- Inv. M 298 et M 299.

Figures sur le catalogue :
- Fig. a : Mme Vigée-Lebrun, Portrait de Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans, 1789, huile sur toile, 108x84 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, dépôt du château de Versailles, inv. MV 3912
- Fig. b : Louis-Marie Sicardi, Portrait de Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, duchesse d'Orléans, vers 1789, miniature sur ivoire, D. 7,1 cm, anc. coll. De Polès en 1927 et Lowensteins en 1936, vente, Paris, Mes Binoche-Giquello, 30 mars 2012, n°86
- Fig. c : Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis, portrait dit de Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, dernier quart du XVIIIe siècle, huile sur toile, musée des Beaux-Arts de Metz, inv. 11465

PORTRAIT OF A LADY
The blouse worn by the young lady depicted on this snuff-box, her hairstyle "à la conseillère" enriched by a light straw hat and some of her facial features should be put into relation with the female character represented on another miniature by Louis-Marie Sicardi (1), supposedly representing Mademoiselle Victorine de Chastenay-Lanty.
Unfortunately, Victorine's birth date - in 1771 - the date of painting of the portrait on the box as well as the hallmark of the goldsmith, all indicate the year 1783, excluding this possibility, as, at the time, Victorine Chastenay was merely 12 years old. .

The female's portrait identification remains difficult ; her face is reminiscent of several other portraits executed around 1780-1790, including that of Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Duchess of Orléans (1753-1821), painted by Madame Vigée-Lebrun and exhibited at the 1789 Salon , also recreated in miniature by Sicardi and finally, by the painter Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis, preserved by the Museum of Fine Arts of Metz (fig. a-c). Yet, in 1783, the duchess was aged 30, which makes impossible to identify with absolute certitude the female portrait on the snuff-box as being Louise-Marie-Adelaide de Bourbon Penthièvre.

SICARDI, APPOINTED PAINTER TO THE FRENCH CROWN
Louis-Marie Sicard, known as Sicardi was born in Avignon in 1743 and received his artistic training in his father's studio, Jean-Pierre, painter of the king. He became a member of the Academy of Bordeaux, accredited in 1769 and registered in 1771. He arrived in Paris in 1774, and was successful enough to be appointed painter to the King's Household and his Menus Plaisirs in 1779 ; he specialised in the creation of pastels and especially miniatures, which he constantly exhibited in the Salons between 1791 and 1819. At the end of his life he lived at 49, rue de Charonne, where he died in 1825.
Apart from the portraits of Louis XVI (6), Marie Antoinette (7) and other members of the royal family, such as those of the Duchess of Orléans mentioned above, intended mainly as diplomatic gifts, Sicardi realized a number of portraits of women whose identity remain anonymous, a large number of which is still conserved (8).

JOSEPH-ÉTIENNE BLERZY (1768-1806)
Our box had been realized by the goldsmith Joseph-Etienne Blerzy
(1768-1806); an apprentice since 1750 under François-Joachim Aubert,
he was received on 12th March, 1768 and settled on the Pont au Change,
under the name À la ville de Leipzig, where he practiced this profession
until 1786 when his house was demolished. He subsequently set up at
41 rue de la Monnaie, and then, in 1805, at 118 rue du Coq Saint-Honoré
and in 1806, at number 3 of the same street. His production dates back
essentially to the Louis XVI period, when he was well-known for the
quality of the productions of gold works; it appears that the goldsmith
stopped producing under the First Empire. His preserved works comprise
thirteen snuff boxes and two étuis à cire, kept in the Louvre's collections (9), a stick cane at the Decorative Arts Museum in Paris, seven snuff boxes in the Cognac-Jay Museum (10), a miniature box at the Tours Museum (11), another in the Wallace Collection (12) ; finally twelve boxes and snuff boxes, a souvenir and two wax cases at the Metropolitan Museum in New York (13), as well as pieces conserved within important private collections (14).

AU PETIT DUNKERQUE, THE PARISIAN GOLDSMITH OF CHOICE IN THE LATE 18th CENTURY
Established in Dunkerque, until 1761, the merchant Charles Raymond
Granchez (?- † approximately 1813) was one of the few dealers coming
from the province whose business in Paris had an exceptional success.
After receiving his letters from the Parisian merchant's corporation on
8th April, 1767, he opened a shop named Au Petit Dunkerque on
the Quai de Conti, whose logo had been painted by Joseph Vernet (15).
Then, on 23rd May, 1774, he became the Queen's accredited jeweller.
Despite the success of his business, in 1785 he was pursued by creditors for bankruptcy ; bankruptcy filing followed in 1787, by which time he owed more than twenty-two thousand pounds (16). Notwithstanding this, his shop was chosen by Sébastien Mercier the very same year to describe the boutique of a jeweller dealer in his "Tableau de Paris". In his ouvrage Mercier stated that nothing can be brighter to the eye than this luxury temple, that had seen better days. He had revolutionized the commercial practice of the time by implementing the innovative process of selling at fixed prices. Baroness d'Oberkirch talks about the Petit Dunquerque in her Memoirs after her visit there on the 28th May, 1784, accompanied by Madame de Beckendorf: "We stayed several hours at the Petit Dunkerque. It is the name of a jeweller established quite close to the Pont Neuf. Nothing could be as pretty and as bright as this shop which is filled with jewelry and trinkets of gold, for which we paid ten times what is the norm. They are sold at a fixed price, and although the models are elegant and varied, the work exquisite, according to the manufacturer he was selling them cheap ; also the number of clients was so high that often a guard inside the shop was required. We chose a fashionable toy, a type of small mill to hang from your watch. The Countess of North took many of them back to Russia" (17). Both the papers related to the inventory established after the death of Granchez's wife in 1784 and the bankruptcy-related documents of 1787 give us some important information concerning his brilliant clientele as well as the name of the craftsmen who supplied his business. Clientele included, among the others, the Queen, the Count and Countess of Artois, the Duke of Chartres, the Duke of Boubon, the Princesse of Lamballe, the Countess of North. Amongst his suppliers, the goldsmith Joseph-Étienne Blerzy owed the sum of 14,292 pounds in 1784, and the higher sum of 19,259 pounds in 1787. Together with our box, the Louvre has five other pieces bearing the inscription 'Au Petit Dunkerque', made by jewellers such Charles-Alexander Bouillerot (18), Pierre-Denis Hoart (19), Charles Le Bastier (20), whose names are recurrent on Granchez's papers as well as an anonymous jewellers (21).

-1- Christie's London, 20th November 2013, n°224.
-2- The portrait on the miniature sold by Christie's in 2013, however, shows little resemblance to another portrait of the Contesse de Chastenay by Madame Vigée-Lebrun , which seems to have been exhibited at the Salon of 1785, so at the age of 14, and is now in the Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico, The Luis A. Ferre Foundation see Joseph Baillio, Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun 1755-1842, cat. exp. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, in 1982, p.58.
-3- National Museum of the Palaces of Versailles and Trianon, inv. MV 3912, on loan to the musee des Beaux-Arts in Marseille ; a variant of the latter, formerly in the collections of Mgr le Comte and Comtesse de Ms. Paris.
-4- A sample from Paris, Louvre, inv. OA 2245, see Serge Grandjean, Catalogue des tabatières, boîtes et étuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles du musée du Louvre,Paris, RMN, 1981 Cat. 384, p. 260 ; another, slightly different, sold in Paris, Mes Binoche-Giquello, March 30th, 2012, No. 86.
-5- Inv. 11465. This work seems to be wrongly identified as representing the Princess de Lamballe, because it bears no resemblance to other known portraits by this person.
-6- Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 5092, see Grandjean, 1981 Cat. 178, p. 147 ; Additional copies of boxes with the portrait of Louis XVI New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 30.58.3, London, The Wallace Collection, inv. XI-84.
-7- Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 5078, RF 5091, OA 2254, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 5-6, p. 37-38, cat. 287, p. 206. Londres, The Wallace Collection, inv. M 301, M 303, etc.
-8- Paris, Musée du Louvre, inv. RF 5078, RF 5091, OA 2254, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 5-6, p. 37-38, cat. 287, p. 206. Londres, The Wallace Collection, inv. M 301, M 303, etc.
-9-See Grandjean, 1981, cat. 27-41, p. 50-57.
-10- José de Los Llanos, Christiane Grégoire, Musée Cognacq-Jay. Les collections. Boîtes en or et objets de vertu, Paris musées, 2011, cat. 24-30, p. 96-111.
-11- Inv. 1897-5-1.
-12- Inv. G 63.
-13- Inv. 1975.1.1543 ; 1975.1.1544 ; 17.190.1130 ; 17.190.1133 17.190.1138 ; 17.190.1155 ; 17.190.1171 ; 17.190.1189 ; 48.187.427 ; 48.187.455 ; 48.187.454 ; 17.190.1246 a-C ; 38.50.44 a-b ; 38.50.48 a-b.
-14- Sotheby's London, 6th July 2011, n°129 ; Christie's London, 25th may 2004, n°102 ; Christie's London, 10th June 2008, n° 128 ; Christie's London, 16th June 2008, n°128 ; Christie's London, 17th November 2009, n°306, etc.
-15- Carolyn Sargentson, Merchants and luxury Markets. The Marchands Merciers of Eighteenth-Century Paris, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 119 and subseq.
-16- Arch. de Paris, D4B6, box 91, dossier 6280.
-17- Baronne d'Oberkirch, Mémoires, Paris, Mercure de France, 1989, p. 172.
-18- Inv. TH 1426, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 45, p. 59.
-19- Inv. OA 6842, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 128, p. 115-116.
-20- Inv. OA 6781 and OA 6796, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 145 et 147, p. 125-126.
-21- Inv. OA 7632, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 253, p. 190-191.
-22- Sotheby's London, 6th Jully 2011, n°129.
-23- Inv. 30.58.3.
-24- Arch. nat. O1 30637.
-25- Inv. RF 5092, see Grandjean, 1981, cat. 178, p. 147.
-26- Inv. M 298 et M 299.

Catalogue illustrations :
Fig. a : Madame Vigée-Lebrun, portrait of Marie Louise-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Duchesse d'Orleans, 1789, oil on canvas, 108x84 cm, Musee de Beaux-Arts in Marseille, deposited by the Chateau de Versailles, inv. MV 3912.
Fig. b : Louis-Marie Sicardi, Portrait of Louise-Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Duchesse d'Orleans, circa 1789, miniature on ivory, D. 7.1 cm, anc. coll. De Poles in 1927 and Lowensteins in 1936, sold, Paris, Ms_Binoche- Giquello , March 30th, 2012, No. 86.
Fig. c : Joseph-Siffrein Duplessis, portrait said to be of Marie Louise, Princess de Lamballe, final quarter of the eighteenth century, oil on canvas, Museum des Beauz -Arts Metz, inv. 11465.




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5.4 Collection, Packing and Handling of Purchases 5.4.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain Lots purchased until all amounts due to us, to the Spink Group or to Artcurial, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their Lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, Lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque.
5.4.2 Lots may be collected from 4&5/F, Hua Fu Commercial Building, 111 Queen's Road West, Hong Kong or from Helutrans, Room 1102, 11/F, Global Gateway (Hong Kong), 168 Yeung UK Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the event where a cheque or bank draft payable to Spink China Limited has been presented to us, unless we specifically agree to the contrary, no Lots shall be released before the cheque or bank draft has cleared where such funds have been credited into our bank account.
5.4.3 A purchased Lot shall be at your risk in all respects from the time of collection or the expiry of seven days from the date of sale, whichever is sooner, and neither Spink China Limited nor its employees nor agents shall thereafter be liable for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise, while any Lot is in or under their respective custody or control.
5.4.4 All transportation arrangements are the sole responsibility of the buyer. If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned.
5.4.5 We shall use all reasonable endeavors to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk.
5.4.6 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs.
5.4.7 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink.

Auction Details

From Paris to Hong Kong

by
Artcurial
October 05, 2015, 06:00 PM HKT

Lightstage & The Space G/F 210 and 218 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan – Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, HK

Terms

Live bidding may start higher or lower

Buyer's Premium

$1 - 500,000:25.0%
$500,001 - 1,000,000:20.0%
$1,000,001+:10.0%

Bidding Increments

From:To:Increment:
$0$1,999$100
$2,000$4,999$200
$5,000$9,999$500
$10,000$19,999$1,000
$20,000$49,999$2,000
$50,000$99,999$5,000
$100,000$199,999$10,000
$200,000+$20,000

Conditions of Purchase

Payment

5.2.1 You must provide us with your full name and permanent address and, if so requested, details of the bank from which any payments to us will be made. You must pay the full amount due on your invoice within seven days after the date of the sale. This applies even if you wish to export the Lot and an export license is (or may be) required.
5.2.2 You will not acquire title to the Lot until all amounts due to us have been paid in full. This includes instances where special arrangements were made for release of Lot prior to full settlement.
5.2.3 Payment should be made in Hong Kong Dollars by one of the following methods:
(i) Direct bank transfer to our account details of which are set out on the invoice. All bank charges shall be met by you. Please ensure that your client number is noted on the transfer.
(ii) By cheque or bank draft made payable to Spink China Limited. Please note that the processing charges for payments made by cheques or bank drafts drawn on a non-Hong Kong bank shall be met by you. Please ensure that the remittance slip printed at the bottom of the invoice is enclosed with your payment.
(iii) By Visa or Mastercard. A fee of 3% will be applied. By American Express, a fee of 4% will be applied. We are not responsible for any foreign exchange losses or charges that you may incur in connection with such card payments.
5.2.4 Payments should be made by the registered buyer and not by third parties, unless it has been agreed at the time of registration that you are acting as an agent on behalf of a third party.

Shipping Terms

5.4 Collection, Packing and Handling of Purchases 5.4.1 Unless specifically agreed to the contrary, we shall retain Lots purchased until all amounts due to us, to the Spink Group or to Artcurial, have been paid in full. Buyers will be required to pay for their Lots when they wish to take possession of the same, which must be within 7 days of the date of the sale, unless prior arrangements have been made with Spink. Without prior agreement, Lots will not be released until cleared funds are received with regard to payments made by cheque.
5.4.2 Lots may be collected from 4&5/F, Hua Fu Commercial Building, 111 Queen's Road West, Hong Kong or from Helutrans, Room 1102, 11/F, Global Gateway (Hong Kong), 168 Yeung UK Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the event where a cheque or bank draft payable to Spink China Limited has been presented to us, unless we specifically agree to the contrary, no Lots shall be released before the cheque or bank draft has cleared where such funds have been credited into our bank account.
5.4.3 A purchased Lot shall be at your risk in all respects from the time of collection or the expiry of seven days from the date of sale, whichever is sooner, and neither Spink China Limited nor its employees nor agents shall thereafter be liable for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise, while any Lot is in or under their respective custody or control.
5.4.4 All transportation arrangements are the sole responsibility of the buyer. If required our shipping department may arrange shipment as your agent. Although we may suggest carriers if specifically requested, our suggestions are made on the basis of our general experience of such parties in the past and we are not responsible to any person to whom we have made a recommendation for the acts or omissions of the third parties concerned.
5.4.5 We shall use all reasonable endeavors to take care when handling and packing a purchased Lot but remind you that after seven days or from the time of collection, whichever is sooner, the Lot is entirely at your risk.
5.4.6 It is the responsibility of the Buyer to be aware of any Import Duties that may be incurred upon importation to the final destination. Spink will not accept return of any package in order to avoid these duties. The onus is also on the Buyer to be aware of any Customs import restrictions that prohibit the importation of certain collectibles. Spink will not accept return of the Lot(s) under these circumstances. Spink will not accept responsibility for Lot(s) seized or destroyed by Customs.
5.4.7 If the Buyer requires delivery of the Lot to an address other than the invoice address this will be carried out at the discretion of Spink.

Premium

Buyer's Premium and other charges In addition to the hammer price, the purchase price will include a premium at the following rates:
25 % of the first HK$ 500.000 of the hammer price of each Lot,
plus 20% of the excess of the hammer price above HK$ 500.000 up to and including HK$ 10.000.000,
plus 10% of any sum in excess of HK$ 10.000.000.
For any sale of motorcar, the premium will be of 16% up to HK$9.000.000 and 12% over HK$ 9.000.001.
If a motorcar is sold and intended to be driven in Hong Kong, in addition to the hammer price and buyer's premium, a vehicle importation tax is due on the sale. The said tax is calculated on the total value (hammer price + buyer's premium).
Hammer price + buyer's premium are not inclusive of the importation tax of any country.
The rates are as follow:
-40% on the first HK$150.000
-75% on the next HK$150.000
-100% on the next HK$200.000
-115% on the remainder