Sale 1712
New York
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27 October 2006
Price realised
USD 9,600
Estimate
A GEORGE I GILT-GESSO PIER GLASS EARLY 18TH CENTURY With later divided bevelled rectangular plates in a foliate and lappeted frame with scrolled broken pediment centred by a cartouche, the sides hung with drapery, with shaped apron and lower corners, inscribed in chalk on the reverse 'C380' and 'X552', the cartouche possibly replaced, re-gilt 78 in. (198 cm.) high, 31 in. (79 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 29 January 1994, lot 347.
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