Auction on
06 July 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 5 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The majolica, earthenware and porcelain pieces collected by the erudite expert reaped the highest results, and a very rare Sèvres porcelain lamp surpassed all expectations.
Manufacture de Sèvres, 1760, soft porcelain lamp and perfume burner in three parts—a square baluster-shaped pedestal section, a middle octagonal section with four pilasters in relief and an openwork lid surmounted by a hen and her young—interlaced "LL" mark, "G" letter, date, mark of the painter Jean-Louis Morin, h. 23.5 cm/9.25 in. Result: €1,016,000
Manufacture de Sèvres, 1760, soft porcelain lamp and perfume burner in three parts—a square baluster-shaped pedestal section, a middle octagonal section with four pilasters in relief and an openwork lid surmounted by a hen and her young—interlaced "LL" mark, "G" letter, date, mark of the painter Jean-Louis Morin, h. 23.5 cm/9.25 in. Result: €1,016,000
Jean Nicolier’s eclectic collection met with success, netting a total of €2,731,535. Dispersed at Drouot, it was the last vestige of what Tajan had not sold when the auction house closed on the Quai Voltaire on March 28, 1995. Preciously kept by the family, it reveals the enlightened collector’s keen eye and varied taste. The sale included many surprises. First and not least was an unusual Sèvres porcelain lamp and a three-part perfume burner that shattered its high estimate of €120,000 with the tidy sum of €1,016,000 (see photo). This model is extremely rare: only three…
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