Sale 2775
Amsterdam
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19 - 20 December 2007
Price realised
EUR 3,840
Estimate
A pair of Paris heavily gilt two-handled amphora vases CIRCA 1825 The oviform body decorated with two rectangular cartouches depicting theatrical scenes, one with a cardinal in purple robes tending to a wounded man returning from a battlefield and one with an abbé taking pity on two foundlings, the reverse with landscapes with architectural structures, within tooled gilt frames, the laurel-wreathed handles enclosing female mascaroons, on square pedestal base (one with chip to rim on lower body) 45.6 cm. high (2)
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