Sale 1633
New York
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7 - 8 March 2006
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 192-194)
Price realised
USD 4,200
Estimate
TWO PAIRS OF CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT CANDLESTICKS, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HANAU, almost matching, the richly embossed shaped circular bases each with a different coat-of-arms, festoons of flowers and cherubs below similar columnar stems enriched with further heraldry, insects, paterae and military trophies, detachable sconces, three marked on bases 13in. (33cm.) high; 75oz. (8)
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Pre-Lot Text
Christie’s first dedicated sale of modern and contemporary ceramics — Un/Breakable — traces the medium from Paul Gauguin to Grayson Perry
Explore an extraordinary range of Asian art, from a bronze ritual gui, previously in the collection of the Qianlong Emperor, to South Asian Modernist paintings
As Chinese Ceramics specialist Joan Ho explains, when it comes to porcelain, not all blues are the same
Our Head of Silver reflects on the importance of great mentors, and his most memorable finds across 28 years with the company
Christie’s specialists discuss Haring, Banksy and Stik, and how to bring the street into the home
Offered on 6 December in London, Anthony van Dyck’s Portrait of Princess Mary, Daughter of King Charles I of England