Sale 6106
London
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12 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 2,300
Estimate
A MARBLE INKWELL DESIGNED BY JACQUES-EMILE RUHLMANN, 1926 RECTANGULAR FORM, THE SURFACE CARVED WITH IN A STEPPED PATTERN WITH CENTRAL SPHERE, BLACK MARBLE VEINED WITH OCHRE 5IN. (14CM.) HIGH; 10IN. (26.7CM.) LONG; 5IN.(13.3CM.) DEEP
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Literature
CF: CAMARD, OP. CIT., P. 167 - ILLUSTRATED IN SITU
Exhibited
SALON DES ARTISTES DCORATEURS, 1926.
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