Sale 5412
Paris
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8 November 2005
Price realised
EUR 840
Estimate
CONSOLE VOTIVE DU XVIIIEME SIECLE TRAVAIL ITALIEN En bois sculpté, laqué et doré, flanqué de têtes d'ange parmi des rinceaux, la base à décor de palmette et volutes Hauteur: 73,5 cm. (29 in.), Largeur: 53,5 cm. (21 in.)
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A 18TH CENTURY ITALIAN PAINTED AND GILTWOOD VOTIVE NICHE
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