Lot 156 · Important Gold Boxes,objects of Vertu & Portrait Miniatures
Miss Loraine Smith, in blue-bordered white silk dress with lace underdress, pearl necklace pinned at corsage, fur-bordered gold embroidered white silk surcoat, pearls and white feather in her white turban headgear in her pale pink powdered curling and upswept hair
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $21,664–$27,079
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — IMPORTANT GOLD BOXES,OBJECTS OF VERTU & PORTRAIT MINIATURES, London · 25 May 2004
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5923191
- Record
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John Smart, Miss Loraine Smith, in blue-bordered white silk dress with lace underdress, pearl necklace pinned at corsage, fur-bordered gold embroidered white silk surcoat, pearls and white feather in her white turban headgear in her pale pink powdered curling and upswept hair. Christie's, 25 May 2004, lot 156. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5923191.
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John Smart, Miss Loraine Smith, in blue-bordered white silk dress with lace underdress, pearl necklace pinned at corsage, fur-bordered gold embroidered white silk surcoat, pearls and white feather in her white turban headgear in her pale pink powdered curling and upswept hair. Christie's, 25 May 2004, lot 156. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5923191.
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|---|---|---|---|
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.