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A pair of Chinese Export porcelain Canton famille-rose 'Elephant '...
A pair of Chinese Export porcelain Canton famille-rose 'Elephant ' candlesticks, mid 19th century. Photo Sotheby's.length 8 3/4 in., 22.2 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 12,000 USDProvenance: Property of a...
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An American silver and mixed-metal Japanese style hot milk jug, Tiffany &...
An American silver and mixed-metal Japanese style hot milk jug, Tiffany & Co., New York, dated 1877. Photo Sotheby'son four bracket feet, body and lid applied with twisting vines and tendrils...
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Interior Remodeling of St. Moritz Church / John Pawson
Interior Remodeling of St. Moritz Church / John Pawson© Hufton+Crow (source http://www.archdaily.com/)
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A Meissen saucer, circa 1723-25
A Meissen saucer, circa 1723-25. Photo Bonhams.Painted with a chinoiserie scene depicting a figure seated at a table flanked by flowers within a shaped gilt quatrelobe scrollwork cartouche edged with...
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A Meissen Kakiemon plate, circa 1735-40
A Meissen Kakiemon plate, circa 1735-40. Photo Bonhams.Painted with flowers issuing from stylised rockwork and a butterfly overhead, the brown-edged wavy rim painted with flowering branches and...
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A Façon de Venise small cruet, circa 1700
A Façon de Venise small cruet, circa 1700. Photo Bonhams.Probably English, possibly by Hawley Bishop, the body baluster with a conical neck, with fine trailing and applied decoration, with an...
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A Dutch façon de Venise baluster wine glass, circa 1700
A Dutch façon de Venise baluster wine glass, circa 1700. Photo Bonhams.The conical bowl on a single collar and hollow baluster with single rim below, conical foot, 18cm high. Estimate£700 - 900 (€840 -...
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A Chinese embroidered dragon robe, 19th century
A Chinese embroidered dragon robe, 19th century. Photo Bonhams.Of blue gauze, featuring nine couched gilt thread five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls, amongst clouds, bats, flying cranes and...
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A Chinese embroidered 'xia pei' tabbard with rank badges, 19th century
A Chinese embroidered 'xia pei' tabbard with rank badges, 19th century. Photo Bonhams.Centre front opening, of navy satin, an applied rank badge to the back and front depicting the egret of the sixth...
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Five agate snuff bottles
Five agate snuff bottles. Photo Bonhams.Including three of organic form, two carved with leaves, largest 7.5cm, another of shouldered form carved with rows of bamboo, 6.5cm, the fifth plain, 7.5cm, one...
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A gilded bronze mirror and stand, Qing Dynasty
A gilded bronze mirror and stand, Qing Dynasty. Photo Bonhams.Modelled as a recumbent deer, its back designed with a crescent moon shaped stand for the circular mirror with central boss, wood stand,...
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Platinum, diamond and baroque cultured pearl necklace
Platinum, diamond and baroque cultured pearl necklace. Photo Sotheby's.Composed of 35 baroque cultured pearls measuring approximately 18.9 to 12.4 mm, the trefoil-shaped clasp set with three old...
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Natural pearl and diamond necklace
Natural pearl and diamond necklace. Photo Sotheby's.Composed of 59 natural pearls graduating from approximately 10.3 to 6.1 mm, the clasp set with a marquise-shaped diamond weighing approximately 2.00...
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Stibnite
Stibnite / Baia Sprie, Maramures County, RomaniaStibniteStibnite with barite from the National Mineral Collection.
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Rare and important pair of platinum, natural pearl and diamond earrings
Rare and important pair of platinum, natural pearl and diamond earrings. Photo Sotheby's.The light grayish brown drop-shaped pearls measuring approximately 11.3 to 11.9 by 18.2 mm and 12.0 to 12.0 by...
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Diamond brooch, late 19th century
Diamond brooch, late 19th century. Photo Sotheby's.Designed as two blister pearls within borders of circular-cut diamonds accented with two seed pearls. Estimation 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot. Vendu 4,375...
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Cultured pearl and diamond pendant necklace, Tiffany & Co
Cultured pearl and diamond pendant necklace, Tiffany & Co. Photo Sotheby's.Suspending a cultured pearl measuring approximately 16.20 x 16.00mm, completed by a link-chain spectacle-set with...
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Natural pearl and diamond ring, early 20th century
Natural pearl and diamond ring, early 20th century. Photo Sotheby's.Centring on a button-shaped light greyish brown natural pearl, measuring approximately 11.06 x 11.17 x 6.81mm, encircled with a petal...
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Pair of onyx and diamond earrings and a cultured pearl and diamond ring,...
Pair of onyx and diamond earrings and a cultured pearl and diamond ring, Michele Della Valle. Photo Sotheby's.The earrings each of interlocking hoop design, set with onyx and brilliant-cut diamonds,...
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