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    19 - 20 September 2007

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    • AN OVAL CARVED IVORY RELIEF DE
    Lot 462

    AN OVAL CARVED IVORY RELIEF DEPICTING FROLICKING PUTTI

    IN THE MANNER OF DUQUESNOY, FRENCH, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 2,250

    Estimate

    EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000

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    AN OVAL CARVED IVORY RELIEF DEPICTING FROLICKING PUTTI
    IN THE MANNER OF DUQUESNOY, FRENCH, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
    The putti shooting arrows at a target with a heart at its centre; minor cracks to the top
    14 cm. wide

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