Sale 5915
London
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26 February 1998
Price realised
GBP 5,520
Estimate
A pair of French ormolu, bronze and cut-glass chandeliers In the Louis XVI Style Each with an acanthus corona, with chain suspension above an urn stem, issuing six arms, with berried finial 19 in. (48 cm.) high; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) diameter (2)
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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