Sale 5504
Paris
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18 December 2007
Price realised
EUR 25
Estimate
STATUETTE Représentant un personnage debout à la bouche ouverte, la langue formant à son extrémité la tête d'un serpent. Hauteur: 31 cm. (12 in.)
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