Among the top lots of the auction Christie's - marble bust of Ivan the Terrible Mark Antokolsky bronze "Portrait of Ilya Repin" by Viktor Vasnetsov, objects from the collection of the Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, etc.

MARK ANTOKOLSKY
Ivan the Terrible . 1877
Marble. Height 73
Christie's. 9.04.2014
Estimate: 100-150 thousand dollars
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photo Frame of silver gilding decorated with enamel "guilloche »
Faberge firm . Master Victor Aarne . St. Petersburg , circa 1899
Christie's. 9.04.2014
Estimate: 20-30 thousand dollars
Source : Press Release Christie's

April 9 Christie's will hold a New York auction devoted Russian decorative arts and crafts . In the catalog of trades entered impressive selection of works from private collections that have not appeared on the market . Many of these things are directly related to the Russian imperial family . Undisputed top auction lots are marble bust of Ivan the Terrible Antokolski Brand from the collection of Prince Ivan Obolensky , and bronze "Portrait of Ilya Repin " by Viktor Vasnetsov , owned by descendants of Alexander Siloti , the estimated value each sculpture is 100-150 thousand dollars. Total for auction about 150 works a total estimated value of more than $ 1.9 million .

Christie's put up for sale a collection of Prince Ivan Obolensky ; nine works of arts and crafts included in the catalog April 9 and a number of outstanding paintings will be lots of trading in London in June this year . Prince Obolensky, who are descended from Rurik , throughout history, Russia remained an influential dynasty , who raised a generation of soldiers and statesmen. Ivan born in 1925 in London in a family of Prince Sergei Platonovich Obolensky ( 1890-1978 ) and his second wife , Alice Muriel Astor ( 1902-1956 ) , daughter of John Jacob Astor IV (1864-1912) and Ava Willing Lawley ( 1868-1958 ) . After the 1917 revolution , many aristocrats left Russia together with their property , which they were later forced to sell . It thus Sergey Rakhmanov , while in London, formed his own collection. Jewel of the collection of Ivan Sergeyevich Obolensky is dated 1877, a marble bust of Ivan the Terrible Mark Antokolsky ( 1843-1902 ) - the largest Russian sculptor of the second half of the XIX century , who was known for his realistic portraits. Quite a long time devoted to the study of personality sculptor Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) , Grand Duke of Moscow (1533-1584) and the first king of All Russia in 1547 . This work (estimate 100-150 thousand dollars ) was performed on a wave of interest in the figure of Ivan the Terrible in connection with the publication of the novel AKTolstoy " Silver Prince " in 1862. Sculpture " Ivan the Terrible " is one of the central works Antokolski , it is known in Russia and in Europe .

From the collection of the descendants of Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna auction offers over 30 family heirlooms , including picture frames, icons and personal letters , a list headed by decorated with enamel "guilloche" picture frame gilding of silver Faberge bought the Empress Maria Feodorovna in the St. Petersburg office Faberge December 31, 1899 ( estimate 20-30 thousand dollars). Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960) was the youngest daughter of Emperor Alexander III (1845-1894) and Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) , as well as the sister of the future Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918). Xenia Alexandrovna was married to Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866-1933) , grandson of Emperor Nicholas I (1796-1855). They had seven children - one daughter and six sons . After the revolution, Xenia Alexandrovna, her family and the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna aboard the British battleship "Marlboro" left Russia , after which she settled in the UK , near Windsor Castle , Frogmore in -house .

Advanced organizers pay attention to the collection of Faberge cigarette cases from a private collection (estimate 6-8 thousand dollars) , a silver cup with three handles of Feodor Ruckert , decorated with cloisonne enamel ( estimate 50-70 thousand dollars) , a bronze statue of Eugene Lancere , depicting the hero Russian - Turkish war of 1877-1878 and prominent public figure General Mikhail Skobelev on horseback (estimate 50-70 thousand dollars ) , and a collection of decorative salt shakers in the shape of a throne of a private Swiss collection ( estimate 3-5 thousand dollars ).

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