• Mandarin & Menagerie:  The Sow auction at Christies

    Sale 3704

    Mandarin & Menagerie: The Sowell Collection and Chinese Export Art From Various Owners

    New York

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    26 January 2015

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    • A 'SAILOR'S FAREWELL' SOUP PLA
    Lot 121

    A 'SAILOR'S FAREWELL' SOUP PLATE, SAUCER AND TEA CADDY AND COVER

    LATE 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 6,875

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    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

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    A 'SAILOR'S FAREWELL' SOUP PLATE, SAUCER AND TEA CADDY AND COVER
    LATE 18TH CENTURY
    Each depicting the couple beneath a tree, his ship in the distance, the border of the plate with cartouches landscape
    9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) diameter, the plate

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