Sale 1365
New York
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23 April 2004
Price realised
USD 6,572
Estimate
A pair of Italian white marble figures of young peasants Late 19th Century Modelled as a boy blowing a horn and a girl playing the tambourine, unsigned The taller: 22 in. (55.9 cm.) high (2)
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