Sale 2840
New York
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9 June 2014
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
A FRENCH PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF PUCK, ON PEDESTAL CAST FROM A MODEL BY LUCA MADRASSI, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY Signed L. MADRASSI.PARIS, on a revolving octagonal rouge griotte marble plinth, on an associated Algerian onyx pedestal 41 in. (104 cm.) high, the figure 36½ in. (93 cm.) high, the pedestal (2)
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