Sale 2897
New York
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18 November 2014
Price realised
USD 27,500
Estimate
A LARGE BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN OVAL PORTRAIT PLAQUE, DAPHNE LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, CYPHER AND 18, SIGNED MEINELT Finely painted after Herkomer with a shoulder-length portrait of the nymph, a wreath of laurel in her hair 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.) high, 13 ½ in. (34.2 cm.) wide, excluding the giltwood frame
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Sir Hubert von Herkomer (Germany 1849 - England 1914).
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