The Silk Road

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Lot 8 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 9 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 16 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 17 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 37 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 45 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 47 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 48 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 53 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 67 This lot has been withdrawn from the sale. Lot 73 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 74 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 108 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 109 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 111 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 112 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 115 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 120 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 125 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 126 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 131 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservation. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with the shipment of this lot to the US. A buyer's inability to export or import these lots cannot justify a delay in payment or sale cancellation. Lot 143 This lot contains endangered species. Sotheby's recommends that buyers check with their own government regarding any importation requirements prior to placing a bid. For example, US regulations restrict or prohibit the import of certain items to protect wildlife conservatio

Claude Piening Senior Director, Senior International Specialist European Paintings +44 (0)20 7293 5658 CLAUDE.PIENING@SOTHEBYS.COM João Magalhães Director, Head of Furniture +44 (0)20 7293 5089 JOAO.MAGALHAES@SOTHEBYS.COM Henry House Senior Director, Head of Classic Design, London +44 (0)20 7293 5486 HENRY.HOUSE@SOTHEBYS.COM Adèle Bourbonne Associate Specialist Furniture +44 (0)20 7293 6809 ADELE.BOURBONNE@SOTHEBYS.COM Cameron Di Leo Associate Cataloguer Furniture +44 (0)20 7293 6103 CAMERON.DILEO@SOTHEBYS.COM Jonathan Hills Director, Senior Specialist Clocks +44 (0)20 7293 5538 JONATHAN.HILLS@SOTHEBYS.COM Helen Culver Smith European Director of Silver and Russian Works of Art Senior Director +44 (0)20 7293 6381 HELEN.CULVERSMITH@SOTHEBYS.COM Miles Harrison Specialist, Silver +44 (0)20 7293 5304 Miles.Harrison@sothebys.com Kira Gurmail-Kaufmann Associate Specialist | Fabergé & Russian Works of Art +44 (0)20 7293 5515 KIRA.GURMAIL-KAUFMANN@SOTHEBYS.COM Sophie Hetherton Cataloguer, European Paintings + 44 (0)20 7293 5548 SOPHIE.HETHERTON@SOTHEBYS.COM Frankie Keyworth Specialist, Islamic and Indian Art +44 (0)20 7293 5294 FRANKIE.KEYWORTH@SOTHEBYS.COM Gordon Lo Deputy Director Head of Sale, Chinese Works of Art +44 (0)20 7293 5371 GORDON.LO@SOTHEBYS.COM Connie Chau Cataloguer, Chinese Works of Art +44 (0)20 7293 5721 CONNIE.CHAU@SOTHEBYS.COM Jon Adjetey Associate Specialist, Japanese Works of Art +44 (0)20 7293 6325 JON.ADJETEY@SOTHEBYS.COM Christopher Mason Head of department, European Sculpture and Works of Art +44 (0)20 7293 6062 CHRISTOPHER.MASON@SOTHEBYS.COM David Goldthorpe EMEA Head of Books & Manuscripts +44 (0)20 7293 5303 DAVID.GOLDTHORPE@SOTHEBYS.COM Dominique Bourassa Pre-Sale Coordinator European, Victorian & British Impressionist Paintings +44 (0)20 7293 6609 DOMINIQUE.BOURASSA@SOTHEBYS.COM

Sotheby’s is proud to present for sale the contents of a Belgravia residence reuniting an impressive group of Orientalist paintings and 18th century furniture and decorative arts. The Orientalist paintings in this collection form an exceptional group, and a panoptic picture of the Islamic lands (North Africa, the Middle East and Ottoman Turkey) as they looked a century or more ago, from when few other visual records survive. Among the highlights of the collection are Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant’s Odalisque, a sumptuous interior focusing on domestic life and the female space; Théodore Gudin’s majestic View of the Golden Horn, Constantinople; and Rudolf Ernst’s The Sheikh’s Comforts and female Orientalist Marie Lucas-Robiquet’s Taking Refreshment in Ain-Sefra, Algeria. Together, the paintings create a rich and warm tapestry of place, colour, texture, and expression, a reflection of Western artists’ fascination for, and engagement with, the cultures they encountered on their travels. The decorative arts in the collection are a testament to this collection’s passion for French 18th century furniture, especially from the Louis XV and Louis XVI reigns, and perfectly complement the Orientalist paintings. Represented are some of the greatest names in Parisian ébénisterie and menuiserie – including Jean-Henri Riesener, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, Bernard van Risenburgh and Roger Vandercruse – who not only produced pieces of unsurpassed quality but also revolutionised interior space and living, with this period being called by some ‘The Age of Comfort’. In this collection there is also an impressive group of mounted objects – such as the red lacquer pot pourri decorated with Meissen birds or the pair of blanc-de-chine figures mounted as candelabra – which enhance and complement to perfection the furniture and paintings throughout the house. Quality, comfort and timeless elegance are in abundance when entering this welcoming Belgravia residence, which effortlessly shows the eye for design and beauty with which this house was created.

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