Sale 1500
New York
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15 April 2005
Price realised
USD 4,800
Estimate
A PAIR OF REGENCY RED, GILT AND BLACK TOLE OIL LAMPS AND COVERS POSSIBLY FRENCH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY Each with tapering ovoid body over a waisted socle on a faux marbleized square pedestal 18½ in. (47 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Estate of Norman K. Winston; Christie's, New York, 16-17 November 1979, lot 403 (as 'Empire').
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With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase