Sale 6548
London
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4 October 2001
Price realised
GBP 12,925
Estimate
A SET OF FOUR CHINESE-EXPORT OVAL REVERSE PAINTINGS-ON-GLASS Second half 18th Century, the frames English circa 1800 Each depicting an amorous couple in a wooded garden, one with two further gentlemen in the scene, in a rectangular giltwood frame, with slip and concave-moulded, beaded and lappeted frame, each inscribed on the reverse in pencil '143' and with remains of paper label on the sides of three inscribed '143', one picture cracked 12 x 10¼ in. (30.5 x 26 cm.) overall, including frame (4)
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