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Still life with a basket of fruit and a Wanli Kraak porcelain dish, a vase of flowers, a parrot, a lizard and insects on a ledge

A richly detailed still life arrangement featuring luxury goods including a basket of fruit, porcelain dish, flowers, a parrot, and naturalistic elements like a lizard and insects. The composition exemplifies the Baroque fascination with exotic objects and natural specimens.

Medium: oil on oak panel, possibly reduced along the upper margin
Spotted At: Auction House · Sotheby's

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Old Masters Evening Auction

December 7, 2022

Estimate: $200,000 – $300,000

Lot 17

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oil on oak panel, possibly reduced along the upper margin

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Still life with a basket of fruit and a Wanli Kraak porcelain dish, a vase of flowers, a parrot, a lizard and insects on a ledge

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Balthasar van der Ast, Still life with a basket of fruit and a Wanli Kraak porcelain dish, a vase of flowers, a parrot, a lizard and insects on a ledge

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