Sale 11899
New York
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13 April 2016
Price realised
USD 2,500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A BRONZE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT FRENCH, PROBABLY MID-18TH CENTURY AND FORMERLY PART OF A CLOCK On a polished slate base 4. 3/4 in. (12 cm.) high, 11. 3/4 in. high. (30 cm.) high overall.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Ader Picard Tajan, Hôtel George V, 17 April 1991, lot 65.
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