Sale 5686
London
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31 October 1996
Price realised
GBP 9,430
Estimate
'Papyrus', a Pate de Verre Vase By Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, circa 1923 Decorated with sprays of scrolled Egyptian flowerheads, richly coloured with blue and green, with deep blue at the rim and base 10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) high Impressed mark G. Argy-Rousseau
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Cf: Ibid, p. 200, No. 24.29.
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