Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 13,750
Estimate
AN UNUSUAL RUBY-PINK-ENAMELED DEEP BOWL 18TH CENTURY The bowl has deep, rounded sides that flare towards the gilt rim and is covered inside and out with an enamel of soft crushed-strawberry-red color. 4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.
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