Lot 23 · Old Masters Evening Sale
Flowers in a vase on a stone ledge with a sea shell and a grasshopper | 《靜物：石架上的瓶花、一個貝殼和一隻草蜢》
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- Estimate
- £150,000–£250,000 hammer ≈ $207,561–$345,936
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Masters Evening Sale, London · 7 July 2021
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4941582
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Balthasar Van Der Ast, Flowers in a vase on a stone ledge with a sea shell and a grasshopper | 《靜物：石架上的瓶花、一個貝殼和一隻草蜢》. Sotheby's, 7 Jul 2021, lot 23. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4941582.
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Balthasar Van Der Ast, Flowers in a vase on a stone ledge with a sea shell and a grasshopper | 《靜物：石架上的瓶花、一個貝殼和一隻草蜢》. Sotheby's, 7 Jul 2021, lot 23. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4941582.
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From the same sale Old Masters Evening Sale · Jul 2021
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait of Prince William, later King William IV of Great Britain (1… | P.r.a. Benjamin West | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| A wooded estuary with a ferry and fishermen selling their catch | 《樹木… | Jan Brueghel The Elder | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| A pair of floral still lifes, in lapis and bronze vases on stone plin… | Juan De Arellano | £120,000–£180,000 | |
| Venus with Cupid stealing honey | 《採蜜的維納斯與丘比特》 | — | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| A view along a town street with figures | 《城巷人物景觀》 | Jacob Vrel | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Les villageois à la pêche | 《垂釣的村民》 | François Boucher | £250,000–£350,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | A still life of shells, with a wasp and a caterpillar on a s | $253,565 | Sotheby's, Dec 2025 | |
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | balthasar van der ast | still life of mixed flowers in a gla | Sotheby's, Dec 2019 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | still life with a carnation and a crocus, two shells, and a | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | Still life of peaches, apples, grapes, quinces and pears on | Sotheby's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Apr 2018 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | still life of a 'semper augustus' tulip, irises, a carnation | Sotheby's, Jan 2008 | ||
| Balthasar Van Der Ast | a crown imperial lily, tulips, irises, roses, carnations, aq | Sotheby's, Jan 2015 | ||
| Salomon Van Ruysdael | Fishermen on the beach at Egmond-aan-Zee, with boats, figure | Sotheby's, Dec 2021 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.