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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Friday, September 17, 2010

Ten Chinese export armorial plates, ca. 1720, brought $16,157.50.

Kroll painting, Chinese export smash auction estimates
ArtfixDaily Staff - September 16th, 2010 22:30

Ten Chinese Export armorial plates, conservatively estimated at $1,000 to $2,000, catapulted to a final bid of $16,157.50 (including 15% buyers premium) at Cleveland-based Aspire Auctions' recent sale ending Sept. 2. The Kang Hsi (circa 1720) plates, noted as heavily glazed with carved rims, were painted with the arms of Jekyll, from Bocking in Fess, granted in 1670, impaling Somers of London, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. The crest is "A horse's head couped argent, bridled ...

Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667), Man writing a Letter, c. 1664 - c.1666, National Gallery of Ireland

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This winter at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam the work of Gabriel Metsu (1629- 1667), one of the most influential Dutch genre painters of the 17th century, will be put back in the spotlight. ...

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