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Impressive pair of oil on canvas theatre decors/murals depicting a bourgeois interior at two different periods. The grisaille represents the interior in the 19th century, whereas...

Very lovely and decorative large glass reverse-painted panel ("fixé sous verre"), representing a pair of deer in a peaceful, tropical setting, on a bl...

Fabulous 3 meter oil painting on canvas representing a "Foire aux bestiaux", in a French village. The painting is very decorative and captures the essence of French village life and ...

Classically inspired painting of an idyllic setting. In the foreground, two women lounge around a basin, one bathing and one reclining as a Russian Wolfhound looks on. Behind them is...

Lovely pair of paintings on wood boards, each representing a colourful pair of parrots, in an oval medallion.

Decorative painting representing a black and white cat on a red marble trompe l'oeil commode, stepping around a deep blue and gold vase containing a bouquet of gladioli, against a fl...

Very large Sèvres porcelain plaque by Pastier after Jean-Baptiste Greuze French, 1853 Frame: height 71cm, width 89cm, depth 9cm Plaque: hei...

Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا‎ - Persian: عاشورا‎ - Turkish: Aşure Günü). Signed and inscribed: 'Gordon Coutts/TANGIER' (lower right), circa 1920. Provenance: The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California. Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he then studied and travelled to Glasgow, London, Paris and Rome before settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1891. In 1896 he moved to Sydney, where he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales, before returning back to Europe in 1899. With the climate of northern Europe detrimental to Coutts' poor health, he moved with his wife, Alice Grey, to the United States where he became a frequent exhibitor at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1920 he travelled to Tangiers, Morocco where, dressed as an Arab, he passed from tribe to tribe observing the lifestyle, customs and practices of the the village people and Bedouins. The present work depicts the celebration of Ashura. The day of Ashura is commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims; "A day of pain, pilgrimage and pageantry, it is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This is a period of mourning and cleansing, which marks the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...

Very large Pastoral Verdure painting. The “Cows Watering by the River at Sunset” 4 feet height x 7 feet 4” width. This beautiful Tableau is made by Ch....

We are delighted to offer for sale this very large and decorative oil on canvas of some early Victorian ships on the Thames. This is a wonderful painting that looks really quite e...

Very RARE 18th century very large and impressive pair of French / Continental painted oil on canvas panels. Antique dealer Los Angeles CA West Holl...

Very unusual Chinese gouache, 19th century. Measures: H. 131, W. 185 cm. H. 51.5, W. 72.8 in.