Sale 1055
Paris
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21 June 2011
Price realised
EUR 6,875
Estimate
DEUX INSTRUMENTS A CORDES PROBABLEMENT DU XVIIIEME SIECLE Comprenant une LYRE-GUITARE, le manche terminé en volute à décor appliqué d'un fleuron, la rosace décorée de grecques centrée de rayons, le corps à motifs d'une frise de chevaux ailés alternés de masques de Mercure ; et une GUITARE probablement modifiée Hauteurs: Lyre-guitare: 83 cm. (32½ in.) ; Guitare: 91 cm. (35 2/3 in.) (2)
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A LYRE-GUITAR AND A GUITAR, PROBABLY 18TH CENTURY
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