Sale 2897
New York
|
18 November 2014
Price realised
USD 11,250
Estimate
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, SIGNED L. PAOLIA Each flanked by handles surmounted by putti playing pan pipes, finely painted after Fragonard with either 'Le Serment d'Amour' or 'La Fontaine d'Amour', the reverse with a putto above ruins 28 in. (71 cm.) high
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Pre-Lot Text
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