Sale 3758
New York
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28 - 29 July 2015
Price realised
USD 1,375
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This lot is offered without a reserve
A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT REVERSE PAINTINGS ON GLASS OF LADIES, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, each rectangular, depicting a lady holding a floral basket and seated beneath a tree in a landscape, framed The image 12 ½in. (31cm.) high, framed
Provenance
John Sparks, 128 Mount Street, London
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