Examples of Japanese Enamel of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are extremely rare, and are accordingly highly prized by collectors of Japanese art.
Champlevé and Cloisonne enamel. Japan 16th-18th c.
Category: 16th Century
Costumes and Fashion in 16th century. Renaissance, Spanish Fashion, Tudor.
Bowl of the finest quality of Kaga ware, Japan.
The bowl of red and gold Kaga ware, is one of the finest and most beautiful pieces of the manufacture which has been brought to this country.
Bowls from Ao Kutani & Ko Kutani. Kaga, Japan.
Kaga decor of two bowls from different periods. Ao Kutani & Ko Kutani. Japan ceramics.
London 1590. Merchant and merchant’s wife.
Baroque period. Merchant and merchant’s wife. London 1590.
Renata of the House of Lorraine, 16th c.
This is Renée de Lorraine, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine François I” and Christine of Danemarck.
Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême, duchesse de Berry
Marguerite de France was the fourth daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany
Costumes of distinguished women. London 1590.
On the history of costumes. Fashion history. Baroque period. London 1590. Distinguished women.
Odet de Coligny, Cardinal de Châtillon.
French Huguenot leader, Catholic prelate of the Renaissance
Claude Gouffier. French nobleman and book collector. 16th c.
He was Duc de Roannais, Marquis de Boisy, Comte de Maulévrier, Comte de Caravas, Seigneur d’Oiron, Grand Stable Master of France.
King Charles IX, Duke of Orleans as child, 16th c.
His reign was dominated by civil wars and the infamous massacre of French Protestants on St Bartholomew’s Eve.