PRINKNASH ABBEY PARK, GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL4 8EU 01452 344499
SALEROOM NEWS JUNE 2021 Summer has finally arrived, and our June Lot 352 sale is bursting with colourful and decorative antique ceramics and paintings, many of which have floral, animal and avian motifs. A smart pair of Derby Crown moon flasks, with gilt handles and exquisite decoration of birds in blossom branches, carries an estimate of £250-350 (Lot 330). A rare Derby dry-edge model of a ewe will be sought-after by collectors, £800-1,200 (Lot 352) and a Meissen ornithological dessert service decorated with birds and insects asks £300-500 (Lot 283). Leading an extensive Asian Art section is a sensational pair of Japanese embroidered panels which have been mounted on blue silk to form curtains. Believed to date from the late 19th Century, the panels are decorated with hens and cockerels below cascading wisteria blossoms, with two further cockerels on a third panel which now forms a pelmet, estimate £2,000-3,000 (Lot 360). At over 3 metres high, these will require a room with a very high ceiling!
Lot 330
Lot 283
Lots 362 & 363
Among the Asian ceramics, two Chinese transitional period blue and white double gourd vases are very similar but offered as separate lots, each estimated at £800-1,200 (Lots 362 and 363). A fascinating album of early 20th Century photographs capture the people, buildings and landscape of Hankow, one of three towns merged in the 1920s to form the modern day Wuhan City, estimate £200-300 (Lot 387).
Lot 360
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Lot 387