Ernest Johnson Antiques Decorative Art
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A Very Good Tibetan Thangka Depicting Buddha Nagaraja, 19th Century or Earlier
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A striking 19th century Tibetan thangka of the enlightened one, Buddha Nagaraja; King of Nagas (a.k.a. Buddha Nageshvara). Shown seated in the vajra position atop a lotus blossom, ha...
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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Paintings and Screens
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Other
American Classical Period Scissor-Cut Silhouette by Auguste Edouart, Dated 1845
By Auguste Edouart
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good 19th century American Classical Period / Empire Period scissor-cut silhouette by Auguste Edouart, depicting the full length figure of a prominent New York gentleman with spectacles in hand, gazing out the window from a partially hand-coloured parlour interior. Set within its original & highly figured bird's eye maple frame & burnished gilt fillet.
Signed & dated lower left, 'Aug. Edouart, fecit 1845, 369 Broadway, New York'.
The reverse referencing a family provenance purportedly associated with a collection having once belonged to a Civil War officer by the name of Nathan Hale...
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Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Drawings
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Paper, Birdseye Maple
A Very Good Limited Edition Serigraph by British Modernist Artist, Derek Hirst
By Derek Hirst
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very good limited edition serigraph (silkscreen) by noted British graphic artist Derek Hirst (1930-2006).
Printed on archival deckle edge paper, the bottom margin embossed with bl...
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Late 20th Century British Post-Modern Decorative Art
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Paper
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