DUKE’S is honoured to have been instructed to sell the late Anthony and Judith du Boulay’s private collection.

Anthony was a leading authority on Chinese porcelain, but he had the ‘eye’ of a true connoisseur and a passion for pieces he found to be beautiful – from an early St Cloud vase to an Old Master of the Madonna.
His collection features rare porcelains, fine furniture and paintings with impeccable provenance, including Henry Hirsch, the Hon Stephen Tennant and King Umberto I of Italy.
A superb pair of paintings attributed to Vincenzo Chilone (1758-1839) depicting The Piazza St Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, with a Pope and a Doge appearing to the people on a balcony, and the companion painting of the Gateway to the Arsenal, were bought at auction in New York in 1978. Duke’s expect them to sell for between £30,000 and £50,000.

The auction on Wednesday, March 8, presents an opportunity to acquire a treasured possession from the du Boulay’s home in Dorset.

Viewing begins on Saturday, March 4, at Duke’s Dorchester salerooms.