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a Kabyle woman weaving a rug, Algeria, August 1973
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Dame Laura Knight. A Dark Pool. 1908-1918. Oil on canvas. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.
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Frederick Judd Waugh - "New England Seascape"
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“We will meet again in the lake you as water I as lotus blossom You will carry me I will drink you”
— Rose Ausländer, Love VI (translated by Vincent Homolka)
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Yuan, Chine, Statue de Guanyin en stuc, Source: Christie's
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Zeng Chuanxing, paper bride, Source: Christies, lotussed detail
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"A brief nap, then a bowl of milk"
-Kafka (apparently a cat trapped in a human body)
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Persian Carpet/ Tabriz made/ Iran
Antique, 1900, silk
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Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès (1880-1958) - Women by the lotus pond
Oil on canvas. Painted c. late 1930s.
39.4 x 47.25 inches, 100 x 120 cm. Estimate: HK$3,000,000-5,000,000.
Sold Christie’s, Hong Kong, 26 Sept 2024 for HK$3,780,000 incl B.P.
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Claude Monet (1840-1926) - Nymphéas
Oil on canvas. Painted c.1897-99.
28.9 x 39.75 inches, 73.3 x 101 cm. Estimate: HK$200,000,000-280,000,000.
Sold Christie's, Hong Kong, 26 Sept 2024 for HK$233,375,000 incl B.P.
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Indian miniature, a maiden beneath a flowering tree, lotussed detail
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Do Xuan Doan (Vietnamese), Étang de lotus, Source: Bonhams
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