Sale 5101
London, South Kensington
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9 November 2007
Price realised
GBP 4,000
Estimate
AN IVORY SATIN BED COVER, MACAO, LATE 18TH CENTURY embroidered in floss silks with a central roundel with two phoenix, the field with bhuddistic lions and deer among peonies, the border with further lions and phoenix, for the Portuguese market--88in. (224cm.) x 104in. (264cm.)
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