Sale 6185
London
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16 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 4,830
Estimate
A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE VASES Each of slender form, with lappeted neck and flared top, the scrolled handles with Bacchic masks above anthemia, on a spreading socle and square base 15 in. (39.5 cm.) high (2)
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See note to lot 16, a pair of almost identical vases.
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