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    23 April 2009

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    Lot 209

    A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED SERPENTINE COMMODE

    GENOA, MID-18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 10,625

    Estimate

    GBP 6,000 - GBP 10,000

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    A NORTH ITALIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED SERPENTINE COMMODE
    GENOA, MID-18TH CENTURY
    The shaped rectangular green-painted marbelised top above two short and two long drawers, with shaped apron and tapering feet, painted throughout with flowers and foliage within scrolled borders against a cream coloured ground, the bottom drawer similarly decorated and depicting a pair of Chinese figures, the decoration refreshed in areas
    34 in. (87 cm.) high; 48½ in. (123 cm.) wide; 22½ in. (57 cm.) deep

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF JAIME ORTIZ-PATIÑO
    (LOTS 200-210)

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