Sale 6821
London
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13 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 19,120
Estimate
A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPESTRY Mid-16th century Woven in wools and silks, depicting courtly figures in a wooded landscape with a building beyond, within, a richly fruited foliate border and a later green outer slip, numerous areas of restoration and reweaving, including the outer edges of the sides and lower borders, reduced in hight, possibly reduced in width 8 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. (250 cm. x 109 cm.)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Christie’s Early European Sculpture specialist Milo Dickson explains where and when this colourful cross was made, and why it has got collectors excited
The story of the writer’s long association with the Ritz in Paris, and the watch he was given by the hotel’s owner