Sale 2414
Amsterdam
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12 May 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,287
Estimate
A figural famille rose porcelain snuff bottle Of a reclining woman, leaning her head on one hand, one leg crossed over the other, wearing a tunic above wide trousers, the hair drawn up in a knot, stopper 11 cm. high
Provenance
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Literature
A congregation of snuff bottle coinnoisseurs, Tsui Museum of Art, Catalogue, 1996, no. 112
Andrew Graham-Dixon recalls his encounters with the YBAs, a generation of British artists whose rebellious spirit appealed so strongly to George Michael
Christie’s to auction works owned or painted by Frank Stella, one of the most influential artists of his generation