Sale 16022
London
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31 January 2018
Price realised
GBP 4,750
Estimate
A GILT EMBOSSED AND BLACK LEATHER COVERED MINISTER'S PARLIAMENTARY DISPATCH BOX SECOND-HALF 20TH CENTURY With the cypher for H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and 'UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE, A1' ; together with an Alexander McQueen umbrella The box: 12 in. (31 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR DAVID AND LADY TANG (LOTS 1-74)
Biographer Hilary Spurling admires the superlative Odalisque couchée aux magnolias from the Rockefellers’ collection
Gemma Sudlow, Head of Private & Iconic Collections, considers the English furniture that graced the dining rooms of two generations of Rockefellers
We challenged interior designers Christopher Howe and Fabrice Bana to furnish an empty space using objects offered in our Interiors sale on 31 January
As well as keeping the bed cool, ancient Chinese ceramic pillows made for auspicious gifts and warded off evil spirits
As Chinese Ceramics specialist Joan Ho explains, when it comes to porcelain, not all blues are the same
Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration
Francis Bacon's poignant celebration of George Dyer, the artist's most important subject, will star in Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale on 17 May