Sale 2350
New York
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21 - 22 October 2010
Price realised
USD 12,500
Estimate
A NEAR PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED CUT-GLASS AND PATINATED METAL VASES SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, MINOR DIFFERENCES TO GLASS BODIES Each with a lid with a vase finial above a pierced frieze with masks, on a later pierced circular base and further square plinth, very slight height differences, one glass lid restored 18½ in. (47 cm.) high, 7½ in. (19 cm.) wide (2)
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