Sale 2090
New York
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22 April 2008
Price realised
USD 8,125
Estimate
TWO ITALIAN ORMOLU MOUNTS DEPICTING GOD THE FATHER AND THE HOLY FAMILY FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY With God the Father in clouds surrounded putti and the Holy Family holding hands on a naturalistic ground, mounted on a velvet ground and within a bone-inlaid ebony frame. 3 in. (7.5cm.) high and 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide and 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high and 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide (2)
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