Sale 2444
Amsterdam
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15 December 1999
Price realised
NLG 8,776
Estimate
A mahogany, walnut and burr-walnut library table Late 19th/early 20th century The rectangular top with a dentilled border, above three panelled drawers on waisted end-supports carved with foliate clasps, headed by grotesque masks and terminating in massive paw feet, joined by a carved shaped stretcher, water damage to the top 81.5cm. high x 170cm. wide x 85cm. deep
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With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Christie’s specialist Valérie Didier reveals the story behind one of Théo van Rysselberghe’s most progressive works