JAMINI PRAKASH GANGOOLY (INDIAN, 1876-1953) – On the beach at sunset
This oil on canvas by Jamini Prakash Gangooly made a hammer price of €15,000 at the At Home sale at James Adam in Dublin today. It had been estimated at €2,000-€3,000. The artist was a member of the Tagore family and a nephew of the poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore. A master painter he was celebrated both for his luminous and beautiful landscapes and his portraits.
A Victorian porcelain vase by Christopher Dresser made €8,500 at hammer over a top estimate of €2,000. Born in Glasgow Christopher Dresser became Britain’s first professional, independent, industrial designeR. He was one of the most influential design reformers of the 19th century.
CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) – VICTORIAN ‘CLOISONNÉ’ PORCELAIN VASE
