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The Silk Road
The Silk Road: Orientalist Paintings and Furniture from a Belgravia Residence
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’.
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0001: A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Meissen porcelain sweetmeat figures, mid-18th centuryEst. £8,000-£12,000Lot Closed
0002: An Ansbach porcelain and Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted square dish, mid-18th centuryEst. £3,000-£5,000Lot Closed
0003: A pair of mounted Chinese export porcelain pots pourris vases and covers, the porcelain QianlongEst. £4,000-£6,000Lot Closed
0004: A pair of Régence gilt-bronze mounted Chinese blanc de chine porcelain two-light candelabra,Est. £7,000-£10,000Lot Closed
0005: A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Japanese porcelain pot pourri and cover, the porcelain first halfEst. £8,000-£12,000Lot Closed
0006: A Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese red lacquer pot pourri, circa 1740Est. £12,000-£18,000Lot Closed
0007: A Louis XV sycamore and bois satiné marquetry table à écrire, by Jean-LouisEst. £5,000-£8,000Lot Closed
0008: A Louis XVI carved giltwood firescreen, circa 1780, in the manner of Georges JacobEst. £4,000-£6,000Lot Closed
0009: A Louis XVI yewwood, bois satiné, tulipwood, elm, sycamore and parquetry table à éEst. £10,000-£15,000Lot Closed
0011: A pair of large Chinese famille-rose porcelain fish bowls, late Qing Dynasty, late 18th centuryEst. £20,000-£30,000Lot Closed
0012: An early Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Japanese Imari porcelain bowl, first half 18th centuryEst. £8,000-£12,000Lot Closed
0014: A group of five embroidered silk portrait pictures, French or Italian, 17th centuryEst. £10,000-£15,000Lot Closed
0018: A pair of George II carved giltwood girandole wall mirrors, circa 1740, in the manner of WilliamEst. £40,000-£60,000Lot Closed
0019: A Victorian silver-gilt suite of candelabra, R&S Garrard & Co., London, 1848 (the pair) and 1861Est. £100,000-£200,000Lot Closed
0020: A Louis XV gilt-bronze cartel clock and matching barometer, Julien Le Roy, Paris, circa 1750Est. £80,000-£120,000Lot Closed
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