Sale 3775
New York
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21 October 2015
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 22,500
Estimate
A BERLIN VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE VASE LATE 19TH CENTURY, THE VASE WITH BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, IMPRESSED S AND 3, SIGNED F. HOLZEY, THE STAND WITH BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED F. LOTTERM IN GILT Of baluster form flanked by upright foliate scroll handles, one side painted with a 19th century dance lesson, identified as Der Polstertanz, the other with a Renaissance interior scene, identified as Ein Fest bei P.P. Rubens, the stand with courting couples 33 in. (83.8 cm.) high
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