Sale 8627
London, South Kensington
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16 December 1999
Price realised
GBP 299
Estimate
A singing bird box in filigree gilt metal case, the bird with coloured plumage, moving metal beak, wings and tail -- 46in. (10.5cm.) wide, 20th century
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With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
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