Empire Style Mahogany Secretaire - France, Early 20th Century

Africa, Late XX Century

Wooden breastplate for the fertility dance. Makonde art, Mozambique.

Italy, 1930s

Majolica display plate decorated in shades of blue with ochre details. The centerpiece features a family crest supported by cupids. The rim has a contoured and wavy edge with reserves decorated with landscapes alternating with incised shells. Manufacturer's mark on the reverse in underglaze blue.

Landscape with Lake Glimpse

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Little biographical information is available about Angelo Rovida, a landscape painter from Lodi who painted landscapes and urban views, primarily in Northern Italy. The painting is presented in a contemporary guilloché frame.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. An elegant and refined composition of roses in delicate shades of pink and white, arranged in a gilded metal basin, sits on a small table along with pomegranates, a symbol of fertility and prosperity, an embossed silver plate, and a casket containing a pearl necklace. The background, in a single, earthy, nuanced color, highlights the light effects of the flowers and objects.

Africa Last Quarter of the 20th Century

Wooden and metal granary door with representations of sacred animals and a lock carved with figures of the primordial couple. Dogon art, Mali.

Rio in Venice, 1970

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Title on the back, stamp of Galleria Bolzani, Milan, and the artist's studio address. The Venetian painter Eugenio Polesello devoted himself primarily to landscapes, which he executed with clear tones and simple color schemes, always reminiscent of his Venetian training. Framed.

Oil on canvas. Unidentified signature lower right. Decorative panels with various flowers—roses, carnations, violets—scattered freely on a light background. There are several small, scattered losses of color, the background color predominating. Framed with slat frames.

Canal in Venice

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Title on the back, stamp of Galleria Bolzani, Milan, and the artist's studio address. The Venetian painter Eugenio Polesello devoted himself primarily to landscapes, which he executed with clear tones and simple color schemes, always reminiscent of his Venetian training. Framed.

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Crescent-shaped, originally intended as a panel above a door, the canvas features a pleasant yet melancholic composition of loose roses arranged on a raised painted surface. The work is presented in a period frame.

Mali, Late XX Century

Wooden hyena mask. Mali, Baman art.

Oil on canvas. Signed A. Dronsart at the bottom left. A delicate composition of roses in a vase, in soft, pale hues that play on nuanced effects. Presented in a contemporary gilded frame.

Europe, First Half XX Century

Beveled table mirror with plant motif decorations.