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    Film and Entertainment, Including selected property from the

    London, South Kensington

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    12 December 2000

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    • Sir Charles Blake Cochran
    Lot 33

    Sir Charles Blake Cochran

    Price realised

    GBP 446

    Estimate

    GBP 200 - GBP 300

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    Sir Charles Blake Cochran
    A jade coloured quartz figure of a Guanyin on pierced hardwood stand -- 15½in. (39x4cm.) high; two further figures of a Guanyin, one black laquered wood holding a ruyi sceptre and gourd flask, the other amber coloured resin, largest -- 9¾in. (24.8cm.) high; a small ivory seated Budai; a pale green jade model of a dog of Fo with broken feet; and a smoky quartz figure of a seated Budai and boy on gilt wooden stand, largest -- 4¼in. (10.7cm.) high (6)

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    Lot Essay

    The quartz Guanyin was a gift to Coward from Sir Charles Blake Cochran, and is pictured in the hallway of Gerald Road in an article in She magazine entitled Noël Coward's London Home home, November, 1955. Charles Cochran produced numerous Coward plays including Bitter Sweet, Private Lives and Cavalcade

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.


    Post Lot Text

    See illustration p.p. 14 & 15&i


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