Sale 12241
London
|
20 October 2016
Price realised
GBP 12,500
Estimate
A DEEPLY CARVED WOODEN CEILING POSSIBLY MEKNES SCHOOL OF ART, NORTH AFRICA, 20TH CENTURY Deeply carved with interlocking strap work forming a large central rosette, the field with scrolling tendrils 99 ½ x 98in. ( 252.8 x 248.9cm.)
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