Sale 1940
New York
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25 October 2007
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORIENTALIST PATINATED SPELTER FIGURAL TORCHERES LATE 19TH CENTURY Each modelled as a harem girl holding aloft an urn issuing sixteen candlearms 72 in. (183 cm.) high (2)
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