Sale 8323
New York, East
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14 December 1999
Price realised
USD 1,380
Estimate
A PAIR OF CHINESE BRASS-MOUNTED SHELL AND IVORY-INLAID LACQUER CABINETS First half 20th Century Each with rectangular tops above a pair of doors decorated with a theatrical scene among buildings, gardens, and ponds, enclosing one shelf above a secret compartment, the sides decorated with birds perched on flowering trees, on bracket feet 43in. (109cm.) high, 29in. (75cm.) wide, 13in. (34.5cm.) deep (2)
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Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase
This photograph for LIFE was taken by the magazine’s first African American staff photographer — later a groundbreaking Hollywood director