Sale 6599
London
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8 July 2002
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Price realised
GBP 3,824
Estimate
Two Berlin botanical plates Circa 1830, brown printed eagle and K.P.M. marks, blue sceptre marks and Pressnummern 17 and 32, Dreher's // to footrims Painted with white, yellow and red lilies and with white, pink and blue convolvulus within pale apricot borders gilt with scrolling foliage, between gilt bands (the first with very minor rubbing to well) 9½ in. (24.3 cm.) diam. (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
The Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale totals £128,081,750, with works by Picasso and a record-breaking Franz Marc painting also achieving top prices
Alastair Smart profiles the life and work of the Pre-Raphaelite artist described by Burne-Jones as ‘the best of us all’ — illustrated with works offered in July