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    Sale 1365

    19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and

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    23 April 2004

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    • A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR
    Lot 261

    A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

    IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, AND CYPHER H, INCISED 15-12, SIGNED A. DECKELMAN, MÜNCHEN, MID 19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 11,950

    Estimate

    USD 12,000 - USD 18,000

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    A BERLIN (K.P.M.) RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
    IMPRESSED MONOGRAM AND SCEPTRE MARK, AND CYPHER H, INCISED 15-12, SIGNED A. DECKELMAN, MÜNCHEN, MID 19TH CENTURY
    Finely painted with an interior view of Sarah presenting Hagar to Abraham
    15¼ x 12 3/8 in. (38.7 x 31.4 cm.), within a giltwood frame

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    Lot Essay

    Sarah, the wife of Abraham, believing that she was unable to bear him a child, told her husband to take another wife, her Egyptian handmaid, Hagar. From this union a son was born, Ishmael. (Genesis, 16:3)

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