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A French Art Deco green patinated bronze model of a seagull flying over a wave
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Wall Street Journal20d
‘The Art of French Wallpaper Design’ Review: A Passion for Patterns
wood, scenic vistas, flowers, fabric, or architectural elements it imitates.” A fragment of antique wallpaper, Greer suggests, is precious enough to frame and hang as art.
Daily Mail22d
The £800 Chinese vase that sold for £53MILLION: How family heirloom dismissed by BBC antiques expert as a 'clever reproduction' fetched huge sum at auction after sitting in ...
A prized Chinese vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert ... Summer Palace during the infamous raids by the British and the French in 1860. After finally emerging for sale in 2010, it was ...
Metro22d
Rare vase ‘rejected’ by experts on BBC antiques series sells for £53,000,000
the 1740 Qing dynasty vase was looted by British and French soldiers from the Summer Palace in Peking during the Second Opium War occupied by Emperor Xianfeng. Even then it was originally re ...
HELLO! Magazine23d
Antiques Roadshow rare vase that was 'rejected' by experts sells for £53 million
A vase that was once rejected by experts on an early version of Antiques Roadshow has sold for a staggering £53 million after being rediscovered in an attic. The 16-inch porcelain vase, which ...
The Mirror23d
Vase rejected and found in dusty attic sold for £53million on BBC antique show
A vase dismissed by a BBC antiques expert ended ... The item had likely been plundered from a Peking imperial palace by British and French soldiers during the Second Opium War when British troops ...
Daily Record24d
Vase dismissed and left in attic for 40 years sells for record-breaking figure on BBC antique show
A vase initially dismissed by a BBC antiques expert ... The item, believed to have been looted from a Peking imperial palace by British and French soldiers during the Second Opium War, was up ...
Radio France Internationale24d
Film 'legend' David Lynch lives on in French arthouse cinemas
Gilles Jacob, former president of the Cannes Film Festival, called Lynch's death "an immense loss and a very serious blow to the future of modern cinema as he conceived his art". French cinema ...
NBC Bay Area25d
‘Let them rest in peace': 200 bronze vases stolen from Lafayette cemetery
A Lafayette cemetery has fallen victim to thieves coming and stealing bronze vases from gravesites. Oakland Memorial Park's general manager said someone stole and ripped out close to 200 vases ...
KTVU26d
200 bronze vases stolen from East Bay cemetery
200 vases stolen from East Bay cemetery Contra Costa County Sheriff's Dept. says memorial bench vandalized No leads on suspects LAFAYETTE, Calif. - One East Bay cemetery is reporting hundreds of ...
Mercury News26d
Crime and Public Safety
In December, an estimated 200 bronze vases were stolen from gravesites at Oakmont Memorial Park in unincorporated Lafayette, the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday ...