Sale 2374
New York
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11 June 2010
Price realised
USD 1,000
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This lot is offered without a reserve
A REGENCY LACQUERED-BRASS MOUNTED BURR WALNUT JARDINIERE TABLE EARLY 19TH CENTURY In the French taste, the pierced three-quarter gallery surrounding a removeable panel revealing a tin-lined well on faceted tapering legs joined by stretchers, the timber of underside of jardiniere replaced, previously possibly further fitted 28in. (71cm.) high, 24½in. (62.3cm.) wide, 16½in. (42cm.) deep
Provenance
Christie's South Kensington, 11 June 2003, lot 323
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