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    Important European Furniture

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    16 December 1999

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    • A PAIR OF VENETIAN POLYCHROME
    Lot 101

    A PAIR OF VENETIAN POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED PINE FIGURES OF DWARVES

    18TH/19TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 4,830

    Estimate

    GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000

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    A PAIR OF VENETIAN POLYCHROME AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED PINE FIGURES OF DWARVES
    18th/19th Century
    One modelled as a lady carrying a bowl and a pug dog and wearing a fur hat; the other modelled as a lady with bulbous nose carrying a goose in her apron and biting a sausage, on shaped bases
    7 in. (19 cm.) high (2)

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