A Miniature Portrait Painting. Hand painted in oil on ivory or bone, the unsigned portrait measures approx. 3" x 2-1/2", set in a gilt metal rim with shaped glass. The subject possibly the Marquise de Breteuil.
French Miniature Painting on Ivory Pendant portrait of a young woman painted on ivory frame in ivory marcasite trim circa 1890 1 1/4'' diameter excellent.
Miniature full body portrait of a child on ivory, ca. 1920s, with interesting modernist abstract bird gouache verso. 3 7/8"H. Also a Japanese hand painting on silk with birds on bamboo perch. The elephant ivory used in this lot was legally imported into the United States. This item will only be shipped domestically.