Sale 8378
London, South Kensington
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13 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 2,760
Estimate
'Ceylan' No.905 a clear, frosted, opalescent and blue-stained vase, of cylindrical form with everted rim, moulded in low relief with pairs of budgerigars perched amongst foliage, wheel-cut R.Lalique France -- 24cm. high See Illustration
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The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons this pair of superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘