Sale 3775
New York
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21 October 2015
Price realised
USD 11,250
Estimate
A BERLIN (K.P.M.) PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE OF A BEAUTY, 'PSYCHE' LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, CYPHER AND 235 315, SIGNED H. GÖRNER Finely painted after P. Thumann with a bust-length portrait of the golden-haired nude maiden holding an amphora, titled on the reverse 12 ½ in. (31.7 cm.) high, 10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) wide, excluding the carved giltwood frame
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