A CHELSEA PORCELAIN TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS BOX AND COVER
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A CHELSEA PORCELAIN TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1755

Details
A CHELSEA PORCELAIN TROMPE L'OEIL ASPARAGUS BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1755
Naturalistically modeled and colored as a bunch of green asparagus tied with brown ribbon, the handle formed as a curved piece of asparagus
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Ancienne Collection d'Heli de Talleyrand, duc de Talleyrand; Christie's, Paris, 26 November 2005, lot 76.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 May 2006, lot 502.

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