Sale 7412
London
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5 July 2007
PROPERTY FROM THE LOYD COLLECTION (LOTS 180-207)
Price realised
GBP 3,000
Estimate
A TERRACOTTA BUST OF SOCRATES BY CHARLES MALAISE (1775-1836), AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY Depicted looking slightly to dexter and with bare shoulders; signed to the reverse 'Malaise'; very minor chips and abrasions 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm.) high
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Literature
F. Russell ed., The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, no. 197, pl. 89.
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Pre-Lot Text
Highlights from a New York auction of exceptional pieces by the top Parisian ateliers of the 19th century
Alexandra Stafford, the collector’s daughter, recalls her mother’s taste, connoisseurship, and sumptuous apartments
Specialist Will Strafford looks at some of the key names of the period, from Boulle to Riesener, Carlin, Cressent and Vandercruse
From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms
In conversation with the Korean-American artist, whose recent painting The Evolution of Perception will be offered at Christie’s in Hong Kong on 25 November
As this 1,000-year-old Ru tea bowl comes to auction in Hong Kong, we look at the evolution of the grey-green ware from Yue to Yaozhou to Ru