Sale 4215
London, South Kensington
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7 February 2012
Price realised
GBP 6,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND BRONZE FIVE-LIGHT FIGURAL CANDELABRA LATE 18TH CENTURY Each with a female classical figure holding aloft foliate branches terminating in flowering nozzles, the white marble bases with ribbon-tied floral swags 26 in. (66 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Purchased from Asprey's, June 1972.
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