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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Christies, New York, Rockefeller Plaza, Sale # 2486

Christies Auctions of New York at Rockefeller Plaza is having a November 22, 2011
Sale # 2486.


500 Years Decorative Arts Europe including Oriental Carpets
New York, Rockefeller Plaza
Several lots are Majolica and or Palissy items (lots 244 thru 254, documented on catalogue pages 178 thru 183).

Special attention will be drawned to this wonderful lot number 248. A large Hugo Lonitz Hawk, from the late 19th Century. The hawk is modeled perched on a rocky outcropping applied with ferns and branches, one talon raised, its eyes glass, on an entwined branch base.


23¾ in. (60.3 cm.) high
estimated at: $3,000 - $5,000 USD