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THE LETTER THAT ARRIVED TOO LATE: AN IMPORTANT LEE LETTER TO UNION COMMANDER U.S. GRANT AT COLD HARBOR. LEE, ROBERT E. 1807-1870. Letter Signed ('R.E. Lee') to U.S. Grant from the battlefield at Cold

Buddhist Image. Korea. Koryo period or early Yi. Late 14th century. Ink, mineral pigments and gilt on cloth. Image of "The Water Moon Viewing" Kwanon. Seated on a fantastic rock above crashing waves.

It is 61 cm high and 25 cm wide. Under the bright yellow glaze, there are blue material color double dragon patterns, the Dragon floating mouth of carved porcelain, the endless rippling edge, and the

RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE, LATE 19TH CENTURY Composed of thirteen cushion-shaped ruby and diamond clusters graduating in size towards the centre, alternating with single diamond-set collets, suspendin

Full title: Two large Flemish polychromed and gilt walnut figures of Mary and John the Baptist, Brabant, late 15th C. Description: H 132 - 129 cm Exceptional in size, overall quality as well as conser

Venetian School, late 16th Century A portrait of a nobleman and his three children oil on canvas 61 1/2 x 46 3/4in (156.3 x 118.7cm) Footnotes: Literature Fiocco, G. Venetian Painting of the Seicento

A LATE 19TH CENTURY PLATINUM AND DIAMOND LAVALIER NECKLACE Centering an old European-cut diamond weighing approximately 10.20 carats accented by old European-cut diamonds weighing approximately 1.50 c

A Three-Piece Huanghuali Furniture Set Each chair inset with a double-panel rectangular seat, the rectangular back splat carved in openwork with scrolling lotuses and matching shaped flanges, the arms

A good late 17th century marquetry inlaid oyster-veneered walnut and laburnum longcase clock Joseph Knibb, London The over-hanging cornice above a typical Knibb sound fret supported on ebonised spiral

A French late 19th century ormolu mounted bois satine and rosewood bombe serpentine commode made by Francois Linke (1855-1946) for Maison Krieger after the celebrated model by Charles Cressent The thi

A very good set of four late nineteenth century carved marble columns circa 1870. Each having carved marble capital resting on a gradually tapered column. Raised on stepped plinth base. One column in

A TWELVE-LEAF 'COROMANDEL' BROWN LACQUER SCREEN Kangxi (late 17th / early 18th century) Decorated to both sides, the front with scenes with ladies in a pavilion garden and trees, the reverse with bird

Circa late 3rd-4th century A.D. or later. A colossal eagle statue or pillar cap carved in the round in white marble, gripping a round-section perch on a rectangular plinth base with concave sidewalls,

A LATE VICTORIAN NATURALISTIC DIAMOND AND NATURAL PEARL TASSEL BROOCH CIRCA 1890The convex gold backed silver top with curving rows of graduated pearls with old mine cut diamond set curving thorn bran

A mythological Flemish tapestry Brussels, mid to late 17th century woven in rich threads, depicting a courtly scene set in Carthage illustrating the story of Dido and Aeneas, Aeneas standing to the le

Pair of Egyptian Late Period Bronze Ibises7th - 4th centuries B.C., the birds are a near pair consisting of cast bronze elements fitted to wooden bodies covered in gesso. One 10-3/8 x 16-1/4 in. and t

Late William IV Gilt-Metal-Mounted and Painted Neo-Gothic Bookcase In four parts; of break-front outline, the upper section with an open central section flanked by a pair of bookcases with gilt-metal

Bamboo Brush Pot, China, late 18th century, cylindrical, the sides finely carved in various reliefs with scholars gathering in a mountainous landscape with pavilions and pines, dated gengchen year, si

The original rosewood base of "Beijing Sanyang baozuyin" is 32cm in overall height, 30cm in naked height and 1206g in naked weight. See the picture for the description. This pair of bottles only appea

Tiffany & Co. American, Circa 1870-78 Japanesque Tea Service Designed by Edward C. Moore sterling silver, soldered silver (tray) including a teapot, coffee pot and stand, pitcher, creamer, covered sug

A german red tortoiseshell, ebony, silver, ormolu and paste gem mounted prunkuhr case.Late 17th Century.Of tabernacle form, modelled with a female figure to the cresting,.flanked by figures of angels

Attributed to Jean Charles Niçaise Perrin (French, 1754-1831), late 18th century A portrait of a young woman seated by a column, leaning on an open book indistinctly signed, and dated 1792 (lower

Fine Palace Size Serapi Rug, Persia, Late 19th C., with 12 poetic calligraphy inscriptions running along both sides of the interior field, and another inscription at the apex which reads, “By Or

A Late 15th/Early 16th Century Franco-Flemish Gothic Biblical Tapestry Fragment, Possibly depicting the life of David, the shepherd boy who became King of Israel. Also include depictions of courtly fi