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Lot 253 · Japanese Art & Design

A young gentleman, facing right in blue coat with black collar and gold-embroidered button holes, cream-coloured waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue

George Engleheart

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Estimate
£800–£1,200 hammer ≈ $1,271–$1,907
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Japanese Art & Design, London (South Kensington) · 21 June 1999
Record ID
TB-2026-6530307
Record
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George Engleheart, A young gentleman, facing right in blue coat with black collar and gold-embroidered button holes, cream-coloured waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue. Christie's, 21 Jun 1999, lot 253. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6530307.

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George Engleheart, A young gentleman, facing right in blue coat with black collar and gold-embroidered button holes, cream-coloured waistcoat and frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue. Christie's, 21 Jun 1999, lot 253. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-6530307.

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From the same sale Japanese Art & Design · Jun 1999

LotArtistEstimateResult
Meiji Period (Late 19Th Century) A Fine Three-Case Inro £12,000–£18,000
Richard Bethell Cox, facing right in blue velvet coat, white waistcoa… George Engleheart £400–£600
A young lady, believed to be Maria Gunning, Countess of Coventry, fac… Christian Friedrich Zincke £1,000–£1,500
Henry Wilmot, facing right in silver-embroidered grey jacket, gold-em… Gervase Spencer £500–£800
Impressed Seal Kinkozan Zo , Meiji Period (Late 19Th Century) A Satsuma Vase £700–£900
Signed Masanao , Edo Period (Mid-Late 18Th Century) An Ivory Netsuke £40,000–£60,000

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