Sale 7178
London
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10 November 2005
Price realised
GBP 5,400
Estimate
A PAIR OF CHINESE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BALUSTER VASES 19TH 20TH CENTURY Each of quatrefoil section, carved around the body with four rectangular cartouches each containing figures in a garden, all reserved on a dense lotus scroll, the neck with four further cartouches containing flowers, later mounted as lamps, minor losses 16 in. (40.5 cm.) high (2)
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