Sale 5042
London, South Kensington
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2 July 2014
Price realised
GBP 8,125
Estimate
A CHINESE CANTON ENAMEL HEXAGONAL LANTERN AND STAND 18TH CENTURY The body with a hinged door, decorated with lotus scrolls and lappet bands on a blue ground, the domed roof cover surmounted by a pierced finial, decorated to each corner with a hanging bell 17¼ in. (44 cm.) high, overall
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