Sale 2203
New York
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24 November 2009
Price realised
USD 20,000
Estimate
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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