Sale 9730
New York
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25 - 26 September 2001
Price realised
USD 4,700
Estimate
A NORTH ITALIAN NEOCLASSIC WALNUT WRITING-TABLE Late 18th Century and with minor replacements The rectangular top overhanging a panelled frieze with step-molded lower edge, the panelled tapering square legs headed with ribbon-twist, inscribed in blue chalk 1233 and with an indistinct white chalk inscription 31½in. (80cm.) high, 65in. (165cm.) wide, 35in. (89cm.) deep
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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