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    Sale 5319

    Mobilier et Objets d'Art, Orfèvrerie, Céramiques Européennes et Art d'Asie

    Paris

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    11 - 12 April 2006

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    • COFFRE D'EPOQUE RENAISSANCE
    Lot 11

    COFFRE D'EPOQUE RENAISSANCE

    Price realised

    EUR 3,360

    Estimate

    EUR 3,000 - EUR 5,000

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    COFFRE D'EPOQUE RENAISSANCE
    En noyer mouluré et sculpté, la façade ornée de pilastres et de trois cartouches à motif de feuilles d'acanthe, et deux autres monogrammés BP et CH, le côtés ornés d'une rosace et munis d'une poignée, l'intérieur découvrant un compartiment, reposant sur quatre pieds en boule aplatie, muni d'une serrure ouvragée et de sa clef
    Hauteur: 66 cm. (26 in.), Largeur: 131 cm. (51 5/8 in.), Profondeur: 51,5 cm. (20¼ in.)

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    This lot is offered without reserve.
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    Post Lot Text

    A RENAISSANCE WALNUT CASKET


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