Balthasar van der Ast

Irises, roses, fritillaries and forget-me-nots in a Wanli vase with two shells and a beetle on a ledge



Balthasar van der Ast - Irises, roses, fritillaries and forget-me-nots in a Wanli vase with two shells and a beetle on a ledge



Balthasar van der Ast
Irises, roses, fritillaries and forget-me-nots in a Wanli vase with two shells and a beetle on a ledge
1622
23.6 x 17.4 cm
Oil on copper
Signed and dated lower right, on the ledge: ·B·vander·Ast·1622·
Sale Christie's, London, 1 July 2025


Provenance


with Leonard Koetser, London, 1957.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 1980, lot 27.
with Galerie De Jonckheere, Paris and Brussels, by 1981, where acquired by the present owner in circa 1987
Sale Christie's, London, 1 July 2025, nr. 30

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