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Lot 51Ф,*,Y

Continental School
late 19th century
A portrait miniature of a lady wearing circa 1820s dress and turban
32mm (1 1/4) diameter including the mount

15 – 16 February 2022, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £382.50 inc. premium

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Continental School, late 19th century

A portrait miniature of a lady wearing circa 1820s dress and turban the circular watercolour portrait painted on an ivory ground within a verre-églomisé mount and bicoloured pendant frame with scrolling detail
32mm (1 1/4) diameter including the mount

Footnotes

Provenance
Charlotte Bonaparte.
Private Collection, Florence.

Exhibited
Museo Napoleonico, Rome (5 February-30 May 2010).
Musee Napoleon, Elba (15 June-30 September 2010).
Chateaux de Malmaison & de Bois-Preau Museum (20 October 2010-10 January 2011.

Literature
Exhibition catalogues for Rome and Malmaison 2010 & 2011.

Please note that from 19 January 2022, items containing ivory cannot be imported into the EU. The import of ivory into the USA is already prohibited.

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