The three day sale at Sheppards in Durrow, Co. Laois on April 30. May 1 and May 2 is titled exceptional interiors and exteriors. The catalogue lists 1,624 lots of antique furniture, garden furniture and fine and decorative art including Oriental item. Around 650 to be sold on each of the first two days and the balance on May 2. It is on-line. Here is a small selection.
Seventeenth-century Flemish tapestry, circa 1670, depicting children in a landscape (6,000 – 9,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,800
Circle of Van Dyke, Seventeenth-century Flemish – Madonna and Child in a landscape (5,000-8,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,400
Irish eighteenth-century carved giltwood console table, circa 1730 (8,000-12,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000
A Qing period pale celadon jade two- handled censer is estimated at 800-1,200. UPDATE:THIS MADE 8,000
This 19th Japanese School watercolour is estimated at 150-250. UPDATE: THIS MADE 220
A large ormolu mounted nineteenth-century French Empire pedestal writing desk, circa 1890 is estiamted at 6,000-9,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,200