Sale 5408
Paris
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22 June 2005
Price realised
EUR 576
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
ETUI A AIGUILLES EN OR DE DEUX COULEURS SUISSE, VERS 1800 A section octogonale en or rose, gravé de stries verticales, horizontales et en diagonale, les bordures ornées de fleurs et feuilles en or jaune Longueur: 75 mm. (3 in.)
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A SWISS TWO COLOUR GOLD NEEDLE NECESSAIRE, CIRCA 1800
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife