Sale 1573
London
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25 - 26 November 2014
Price realised
GBP 6,000
Estimate
A CHELSEA HANS SLOANE FINGER-BOWL CIRCA 1755 Of slightly baluster form painted with butterflies, moths and insects above a band of green, yellow and turquoise leaves, the interior with an insect, within a petal-shaped brown line rim (two short hairline cracks to rim, a very small flat rim chip, minor scratching to enamels) 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high
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