Sale 3406
New York
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9 December 2014
Price realised
USD 11,250
Estimate
THEODOR HERMANN SCHMUZ-BAUDISS (1859-1942) A 'WATERFALL' VASE, CIRCA 1904 for KPM Berlin, glazed porcelain 18 ¾ in. (48.2 cm.) high printed with underglaze scepter, artist's monogram STD and 38E, incised 12073 M.15m and 7218
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 6 December 2002, lot 122.
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Exhibited
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904 (by repute).
Pre-Lot Text
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