Learn about this collection and discover its interiors where Orientalist paintings and 18th century furniture and decorative arts meet.

Take a Look Inside This Belgravia Residence

The finest lots of Orientalist Paintings across the entire auction, as selected by our specialists.

Orientalist Paintings Highlights

The finest lots of Furniture and Decorative Arts, as selected by our specialists.

Classic Design Highlights

We invite you on a journey to travel across time and learn more about the spectacular fashion for enriching porcelain objects with gilt-bronze mounts.

The Fascination for Objets montés

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Senior Director, Senior International Specialist

Claude Piening 

Senior Specialist, Head of Furniture, London, Representative for Portugal

João Magalhães 

Deputy Chairman | Furniture and Single-Owner Sales | UK and North America

Henry House

Associate Specialist | Continental Furniture

Adèle Bourbonne

Cataloguer, Furniture

Cameron Di Leo

Consultant | Clocks &amp; Barometers

Jonathan Hills

International Head of Decorative Arts | Global Head of Fabergé &amp; Russian Works of Art

Helen Culver Smith

Specialist

Miles Harrison

Associate Specialist, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art

Kira Gurmail-Kaufmann

Cataloguer

Sophie Hetherton

Specialist Islamic and Indian Art | Rugs &amp; Carpets

Frankie Keyworth

Deputy Director | Head of Sales, London | Chinese Works of Art

Gordon Lo 

Connie Chau

Associate Specialist

Jon Adjetey

Senior Director | Head of Department, Europe| European Sculpture &amp; Works of Art

Christopher Mason

Head of Department | Europe

Dr. David Goldthorpe

Pre-Sale Coordinator

Dominique Bourassa

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Sotheby’s is proud to present for sale the contents of a Belgravia residence reuniting an impressive group of Orientalist paintings and 18th century furniture and decorative arts. Among the highlights of the collection are Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant’s Odalisque, a sumptuous interior focusing on domestic life and the female space; Théodore Gudin’s majestic View of the Golden Horn, Constantinople; a sumptuous Fabergé bowl in the shape of a duck and an exquisite collection of objets montés.

The Silk Road: Orientalist Paintings and Furniture from a Belgravia Residence