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    Important European Furniture,Tapestries, Carpets & Porcelain

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    14 December 2000

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    • A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVERED CAR
    Lot 195

    A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVERED CARVED FIGURES

    PROBABLY VENICE, MID-18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 29,375

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    A PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVERED CARVED FIGURES
    Probably Venice, mid-18th Century
    Each in the form of a scantily-clad Oriental youth holding a cornucopia, with feathered skirt, on rockwork base, losses and damages to decoration, one figure with replaced sections to base
    55 in. (140 cm.) high (2)

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