Sale 5433
London, South Kensington
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2 December 2008
Price realised
GBP 1,750
Estimate
Neapolitan School, 18th Century A cockerel by an up-turned basket of cherries and a stone urn with roses, narcissi, chrysanthemums, tulips and other flowers, in a landscape oil on canvas, unframed 25 x 37½ in. (63.6 x 95.3 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 November 1977, lot 125, as 'Blas de Ledesma'.
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