Sale 6106
London
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12 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 1,150
Estimate
Two Earthenware Masks By Pierre-Adrien Dalpayrat, circa 1900 Each a portrait head of a sleeping infant, wrapped in a blanket, one glazed with tones of yellow and brown 3 in. (9 cm.) high One with incised signature Dalpayrat (2)
Provenance
Marcel Tessier.
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