Sale 11899
New York
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13 April 2016
Price realised
USD 1,500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF A SEATED NYMPH BRAIDING HER HAIR FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY 17 in. (43.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 9 March 1988, lot 9.
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