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LOT 1969
Muromasa School Painting of a Standing Beauty Reading a Letter
JAPAN, 18TH CENTURY A.D.
48 in. (4.35 kg, 122 cm).
Mounted in a glazed wooden frame with reveal; the fabric-edged rectangle with painted motif placed eccentrically, leaning slightly towards the centre; standing female wearing kimono and midriff sash, with hair dressed in 'box shimada' style unfurling a scroll. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Manly P. Hall collection (1901-1990), 1950s.
Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles, USA.
Ex central London gallery.
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LOT 1969
Muromasa School Painting of a Standing Beauty Reading a Letter
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Post Medieval Dutch Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
Circa 17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising polychrome tiles displaying sailing vessels, figural scenes, perching bird, landscapes and foliate compositions. 4.6 kg total, 11 x 12 - 13 x 13.5 cm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Post Medieval Glazed Ceramic Tile Group
17th-18th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Comprising two designs in relief including three horses in an enclosure and two animals, likely cats, fighting; coloured glazes. 1.26 kg total, 10 x 9 - 9.5 x 10.2 in.
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.
The tile production increased in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area. -
Renaissance Gold Ring with a High-Quality Facetted Diamond
16th century A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Composed of a slender hoop with ornamental shoulders, scallops and pellets to the oblong box bezel, set with a cut and polished diamond; traces of black enamel remaining to the lower half and base of the bezel; the diamond believed to be: VS 1, colour H. 2.44 grams, 22.59 mm overall, 15.44 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)
From an early 20th century family collection. Acquired by a London gentleman in the 1930s, thence by descent. From the private collection of a Kent, UK, lady. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11910-206607.
