Sale 8121
London, South Kensington
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18 September 1998
Price realised
GBP 4,600
Estimate
An Argy-Rousseau pate-de-verre vase of gently swollen cylindrical form with everted rim, the grey glass internally mottled with purple and pink, moulded in low relief with a frieze of three stylised female heads with long wavy hair, impressed signature G.Argy-Rousseau (damages) -- 18.5cm. high See illustration
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