Sale 5505
Paris
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18 December 2007
Price realised
EUR 1,800
Estimate
DEUX VERSEUSES ROUGES AVEC LEURS COUVERCLES ASSOCIES BOHEME POUR L'ORIENT, ART OTTOMAN, XIXEME SIECLE En verre à décor émaillé, granulé et doré, le bec verseur lancéolé, rubans de losanges à motifs d'oiseaux et de bouquets, les couvercles en bouton, l'un des becs verseurs fendu Hauteurs: 29 et 30 cm. (11 3/8 et 11¾ in.) (2)
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