Sale 10428
London, South Kensington
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24 April 2015
Price realised
GBP 688
Estimate
A PAIR OF SILVER REPOUSSÉ SWEETMEAT DISHES KUTCH, INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY Each on four feet worked as lions' paws, of open navicular form, with repoussé decoration consisting of a floral spray rising from a continuous floriated split-palmette garland to the sharp upward curving handle 5 3/8in. (13.5cm.) across
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