Sale 8455
London, South Kensington
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8 July 1999
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
An ivory netsuke of a cicada chrysalis on a partially eaten leaf -- 2in. (5.7cm) long; and another of Daruma beneath a lotus pad, holding a lotus head -- 1in. (3.8cm) wide, both 19th Century. (2)
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Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art