Sale 6097
London, South Kensington
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22 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 2,250
Estimate
A CONTINENTAL SILVER AND ENAMEL CIGARETTE CASE STAMPED 900, CIRCA 1915 Cover enamelled with a nude shivering as she stands in the shallows of a lake, mountains beyond, after the painting September Morn by Paul Emile Chabas (1869-1937), painted 1910/12 and now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 3¾ in. wide (9.5 cm.)
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