Sale 5497
London, South Kensington
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14 May 2010
Price realised
GBP 1,250
Estimate
ELEVEN APRON SKIRTS CHINA, CIRCA 1900 including one of yellow silk, embroidered with peonie panels; another of celadon silk with pink floral detail; and a third of jade silk with similar embroidery (11)
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