Sale 8377
London, South Kensington
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13 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 483
Estimate
A pair of Cantonese reticulated oval dishes painted and gilt with alternating panels of figures on terraces and birds and butterflies amongst flowers, all on green gold scroll grounds -- 8in. (22.2cm.) wide, 19th Century. See Back Cover Illustration. (2)
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The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons this pair of superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘