Lé Phô, Buffet, Desportes and the Master of Cortèges

Result EUR212,500

Published on 18 October 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 08 October 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 12-14, rue Peyronnet - 33800 Bordeaux

Selected, and sometimes outstanding, works by diverse, highly sought-after artists achieved excellent results in Bordeaux.

Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), Perdreau, bécasses, panier de pêches et... Lé Phô, Buffet, Desportes and the Master of Cortèges

Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), Perdreau, bécasses, panier de pêches et prunes et abricots sur un entablement (Partridge, Woodcock, Basket of Peaches and Plums and Apricots on an Entablature) and Faisan, perdreau, abricots dans une jatte imari et figues sur un entablement (Pheasant, Partridge, Apricots in an Imari Bowl and Figs on an Entablature), 1731, pair of signed and dated paintings, 79.8 x 61.8 cm/31.42 x 24.33 in.
Result: €212,500

Familiar names topped the bill. Vietnamese art, always in the foreground in auctions in France, was illustrated by Lé Phô’s delicate gouache on silk Woman with Carnations (64.1 x 44.9 cm/25.23 x 17.68 in). This work, which came up on the market for the first time,…

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