• 500 Years: Decorative Arts Eur auction at Christies

    Sale 2203

    500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Carpets from The Corcoran Gallery of Art

    New York

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    24 November 2009

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    Lot 248

    A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRRORS

    ONE LATE 18TH CENTURY AND ONE OF A LATER DATE

    Price realised

    USD 20,000

    Estimate

    USD 15,000 - USD 25,000

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    A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN BLUE-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT MIRRORS
    ONE LATE 18TH CENTURY AND ONE OF A LATER DATE
    Each with a frame of classical portrait reliefs, scrolling acanthus, flowering urns and the base centered with a satyr's mask, inscribed 'LOT 199/2' and '377', the later mirror not carved but of composition
    93½ in. (237.5 cm.) high, 50 in. (127 cm.) wide (2)

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