Lot Essay
Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert, French (1817-1908).
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW JERSEY COLLECTOR (LOT 294)
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE, THE HARP OF TARA
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, A 6 AND CYPHER, INDISTINCTLY SIGNED GERTRUDE COALS
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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE, THE HARP OF TARA
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, A 6 AND CYPHER, INDISTINCTLY SIGNED GERTRUDE COALS
Finely painted after Hébert with a raven-haired beauty seated before a harp, pearls in her hair and about her neck, a diaphanous scarlet shawl draped across her shoulder, the reverse inscribed "O Music!... Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid!"
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high, 11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, A 6 AND CYPHER, INDISTINCTLY SIGNED GERTRUDE COALS
Finely painted after Hébert with a raven-haired beauty seated before a harp, pearls in her hair and about her neck, a diaphanous scarlet shawl draped across her shoulder, the reverse inscribed "O Music!... Friend of Pleasure, Wisdom's aid!"
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high, 11 3/8 in. (28.8 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame
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