Sale 2645
New York
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21 June 2012
Price realised
USD 1,062
Estimate
A PAIR OF MOTTAHEDEH PORCELAIN MODELS OF BITTERNS DATED 1979, BROWN SCRIPT MARKS, NOS. 5 AND 6 OF A SERIES OF 100 BASED ON EXAMPLES IN THE NELSON ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION After Meissen originals, each heron naturalistically modeled, its feathers picked out in black and brown, standing beside a cluster of bulrushes, on a mound base 14¼ in. (36.2 cm.) high (2)
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