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    The Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Greenfield Collection of Porcelain, Russian Enamels and 19th Century Decorative Art

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    20 October 2008

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    • A BERLIN (K.P.M.) OVAL PLAQUE,
    Lot 16

    A BERLIN (K.P.M.) OVAL PLAQUE, EPHEU

    LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, E, 6 AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER

    Price realised

    USD 22,500

    Estimate

    USD 15,000 - USD 20,000

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    A BERLIN (K.P.M.) OVAL PLAQUE, EPHEU
    LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, E, 6 AND CYPHER, SIGNED WAGNER
    Finely painted after H. Herkomer with a bust-length portrait of a raven-haired beauty adorned with an ivy wreath, pale-red drapery about her shoulders
    13½ x 11¼ in. (34 x 28 cm.), within a conforming elaborately carved giltwood frame

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    Lot Essay

    Sir Hubert von Herkomer (Bavaria 1849 - 1914 Britain)

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