Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine
Online-Only Auction, 16 - 23 November 2020
Decorative Arts - Interiors Two
Lot Estimate
ZAR 15 000 - 20 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 18 760
About this Item
A Russian icon, possibly Saint John The Evangelist, 19th century
with silver-gilt oklad embellished with green and blue glass 'jewels', with Cyrillic inscription, 31 by 26cm
Provenance
Property of Basil William Clayton Humphries and thence by descent.
Mr Humphreys worked for the De Beers Compounds in Kimberley after serving during the Second World War and receiving the Distinguished Service Cross. He later went into farming and had one of the largest flocks of purebread Blackhead Persian sheep in the country. He had many interests and specialized in Greek and Russian icons. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London and served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the William Humphreys Art Gallery at one time.
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