Sale 8621
London, South Kensington
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15 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 368
Estimate
A late Victorian walnut loo table the oval tip up top with stringing and later central foliate motif, on an elm base with column supports and foliate-carved downswept legs -- 46in. (118cm.) wide
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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
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase