Sale 8007
New York, East
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4 June 1997
Price realised
USD 126
Estimate
A CHINOISERIE DECORATED BALUSTER VASE Of baluster form with figures and floral sprays enclosed within cartouches, now mounted as a lamp 17¼ in. high
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