Sale 1931
New York
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17 - 18 July 2007
Price realised
USD 12,000
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A pair of Venetian parcel-gilt, polychrome-decorated and ebonised blackamoor torcheres Second Half 19th Century Each as a turbaned male wearing richly 'embroidered' drapery, supporting a cornucopia, on a hexagonal faux porphyry plinth applied with lion masks and armorials, on a later hexagonal oak plinth Overall: 81½ in. (207 cm.) high (2)
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