• Around the World auction at Christies

    Sale 10645

    Around the World

    London, South Kensington

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    28 April 2015

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    • AN OTTOMAN PIERCED BRASS STAND
    Lot 111

    AN OTTOMAN PIERCED BRASS STANDARD LAMP AND SHADE

    SYRIA OR EGYPT, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 1,000

    Estimate

    GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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    AN OTTOMAN PIERCED BRASS STANDARD LAMP AND SHADE
    SYRIA OR EGYPT, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY
    With some pierced decoration overall and engraved calligraphy
    83 ½ in. (212 cm.) high, overall

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    All sold and unsold lots marked with a filled square in the catalogue that are not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the day of the sale, and all sold and unsold lots not cleared from Christie’s by 5:00 pm on the fifth Friday following the sale, will be removed to the warehouse of ‘Cadogan Tate’. Please note that there will be no charge to purchasers who collect their lots within two weeks of this sale.


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