Sale 6760
London
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6 March 2003
Price realised
GBP 10,516
Estimate
A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TWIN-PEDESTAL DINING-TABLE Comprising two tilt-top pedestal sections and an extra leaf, the rounded rectangular top on ring-turned columns with gadrooned collars, on channelled downswept legs with brass lappeted caps and castors, with four brass clips 27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high; 97¼ in. (247 cm.) long fully extended; 49½ in. (126 cm.) wide
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Christie’s specialist Valérie Didier reveals the story behind one of Théo van Rysselberghe’s most progressive works