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A VIENNESE GILT-METAL AND ENAMEL NEF
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each mast headed by a flag finial and crow's nest, the sails painted with scantily-clad maidens and putti, on a pierced ovoid deck headed by a spread-wing female term, the interior and exterior of the hull painted with mythological figures, on a dual-dolphin support and similarly decorated base with paw-cast feet, apparently unmarked
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high; 9½ in. (24 cm.) wide

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