Sale 1327
New York
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20 - 21 January 2004
Price realised
USD 5,975
Estimate
A STAFFORDSHIRE MODEL OF A LION CIRCA 1820 With tawny coat and ochre mane, its right forepaw on a globe, the black faux-marble base with green stiff leaf tips against an iron-red ground around the upper edge 11½ in. (31.7 cm.)
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