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AEDBasil Ede (1931-2016) English, Hand Painted Franklin Porcelain Base "Meadowland Bird"
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveJun 14, 2026
Day 2 features 800+ lots highlighted by a Theodore Rousseau luminist landscape, works by Dietz Edzard, an Andrew Melrose watercolor, a striking Robert Atkinson Fox landscape, and a Charles Sidney Raleigh maritime scene. Explore fine art by Rembrandt van Rijn, Thomas Moran, H. Claude Pissarro, Louis Icart, and more, alongside an exceptional lifetime collection of Tiffany Studios lamps, a John Henry Belter attributed pier table, bronze sculptures, Pueblo pottery, Oriental rugs, Russian icons, Asian antiquities, Louis Comfort Tiffany glass, and other remarkable treasures. Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
Basil Ede (1931=2016) English, Hand Painted Franklin Porcelain Base "Meadowland Bird". Elegant white porcelain vase decorated with a hand-painted scene of a barn swallow perched amidst purple irises and small violets, finished with subtle gold trim along the rims and displayed on a fitted dark wooden base.
Size: 11 1/4 x 6 x 6 in.
Basil Ede was a celebrated British wildlife artist and illustrator best known for his exquisitely detailed paintings of birds. Born in 1931 in Surrey, England, he developed a passion for ornithology at an early age and became internationally recognized for combining scientific accuracy with artistic elegance in his watercolor works. Ede illustrated numerous natural history books and contributed artwork to conservation organizations, helping to raise awareness of endangered bird species around the world. His paintings often featured rare and exotic birds rendered with remarkable precision, subtle color, and lifelike composition. Over the course of his career, he earned a reputation as one of the finest avian artists of the twentieth century, and his works continue to be admired by collectors, naturalists, and bird enthusiasts alike.
Condition
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11 1/4 x 6 x 6 in.
