Sale 3704
New York
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26 January 2015
Price realised
USD 25,000
Estimate
A RARE ROOSTER WINE POT AND COVER 18TH CENTURY Modeled as a cockerel, enameled in famille rose with yellow, red, and black, the cover with a smaller chicken as the final 6 in. (15 cm.) high
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