April 10, 2022 Auction
    
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AUCTION: SUNDAY, APRIL 10th at 11 a.m.
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Lot 1 :
GERMAN MEDIEVAL CARVED AND POLYCROMED FIGURE
15th c., Saint Catherine holding a sword and book, 34" tall
Purchased Sotheby's NY, November 28, 1981, lot 122
Scattered paint loss and touch ups.  
Estimate: $3,500 - $5,500

Realized: $7,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 2 :
PAIR OF ITALIAN BAROQUE CARVED CANDLE BEARING ANGELS
polychrome and gilt, each kneeling holding a pricket stick, a bowl of fruit in the other hand; removable carved giltwood wings; figure 27"h, 28"w; mounted on octagonal plinth with polychrome lettering 6"h; 19.5"w; 11"d; total 33"h incl. plinth
Prov.: Sotheby's, NY,…  MORE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Realized: $8,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 3 :
SPANISH GOTHIC CARVED FIGURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD
crowned Madonna holding an apple, gesso with traces of polychrome and gilt; 38"h; 12"w; 8"d
Old surface with chips and cracks commensurate with age.  
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Realized: $2,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 4 :
FRENCH GOTHIC CARVED BONE PLAQUE, THE CRUCIFIXION
poss. 15th c., Christ on the Cross under triple arches, mourners about, 3.5"h; 2"w
Hole in each corner for fasteners.  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $2,300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 5 :
MEDIEVAL FRENCH ENAMELLED COPPER CORPUS MORTO
Limoges, 13th c., 15.5"h; 8"w
engraved reverse, the crystal cabachon on reverse is later
Purportedly from the Peruzzi D'Medici collection and exhibited in 1945 at the Philbrook Art Institute Exhibition in Tulsa, OK.
See similar example, Sotheby's, November 1997, The Kier Collection of…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $12,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 6 :
(on 2) FRENCH MEDIEVAL BRONZE CORPUS
13th/14th c., now mounted on green velvet; figure 7 by 4"; in ebonized frame 10 by 6.5;
along with an incised COPPER PROCESSIONAL CROSS with traces of gilt; holes where four Gospel Evangelists were applied.
This corpus at one time was…  MORE
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $1,300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 7 :
GROUP OF (5) FRENCH LIMOGE ENAMEL MEDALLIONS OF SAINTS
13/14th c., mounted on velvet as one
blue enamel with gilt bodies and wings; (4) rectangular plaquettes of saints on blue enamel with gilt bodies and wings and applied heads, beaded edging, 2.25 by 2"; the fifth, a round plaquette with…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $13,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 8 :
HISPANO-MORESQUE GOTHIC VALUABLES BONE CASKET
or poss. Sicily, bound in etched brass banding, canted hinged lid with brass handle; small drawer to side of lid; wood interior with lift-out insert; 4.75"h; 7"w; 4"d
Prov. Hastings House, Essex, CT.
See similar example, Gallerie Koller Auction, Zurich,…  MORE
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Realized: $3,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 9 :
(on 2) FRENCH GOTHIC CARVED BONE FIGURES, MADONNA AND CHILD
14th/15th c., 6.5" on 1.5" assembled wood plinth with applied bone banding; the other, 15th c., 6", housed in later wood tabernacle frame 9 by 4.5"  
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Realized: $1,300 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 10 :
CONTINENTAL RENAISSANCE CARVED BONE FIGURE, ST. STEPHEN
16/17th c., seated Saint Stephen holding a book and the stones of his martyrdom, traces of stain, 7.5"
See similar example in Chaius (ed), 'Tilman Reimenschneider, Master Sculptor of Late Middle Ages', pg. 211. Tilman Reimenschneider (Germany, 1460-1531)  
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 11 :
FRENCH LATE GOTHIC CARVED MARBLE GARGOYLE/WATERSPOUT
14/15th c., lion-form with open mouth, 8.5"h; 24"long; 7.5"d  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $7,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 12 :
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CARVED WALNUT CENTER TABLE
octagonal top, two apron drawers; pedestal base with four carved acanthus and lion paw feet supports, on stepped platform base, 33"h; 38.5"diam.
Prov.: Purchased CRN Auctions, Estate of David Abbate, May 31, 2014, lot 150  
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Realized: $2,200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 13 :
PAIR OF ITALIAN BAROQUE BRONZE TALL PRICKET CANDLESTICKS
17th c., dated 1604 and 1641...?,
deep drip pan; the triangular base with winged cherub heads surmounting an engraved family crest shield od the Bichi and Chigi family... Anabale...Bichi...Vitoria Chigi... Jocomo Chigi...; lion paw feet, 29"h incl. iron pricket
Purchased Sotheby's…  MORE
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Realized: $3,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 14 :
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CARVED WALNUT SMALL CREDENZA
centered apron drawer flanked by small imbricated drawers, over carved cupboard door flanked with carved panels, paw feet, 39"h; 29.5w; 13"d  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $1,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 15 :
ITALIAN CARVED AND POLYCHROMED FIGURE, MADONNA AND CHILD
17th c. or earlier, original polychrome decoration, 34.5"h; 12"w; 8"d
Old surface, some paint lifting and dings, commensurate to age.  
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $3,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 16 :
LIFE-SIZED CARVED AND POLYCHROMED FIGURE, SAINT ANNE
18th c., arms out-stretched with pendant sleeves; 60"h; 22"w; 17"
Formally De Las Alemanes sale, 1927
Some restoration to face and fingers; paint restoration and paint loss here and there.  
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000

Realized: $3,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 17 :
ITALIAN GOTHIC-STYLE GILTWOOD CANOPY
18th c. or earlier, the carved giltwood upper section elaborately pierced; the faux-fabric back panel painted and stenciled by Sialia Rieke in the 1990's; 86"h; 43"w; 13"d
See: De Las Alamenas catalogue, pg. 208, American Art Association 1927
Some restoration; plywood backed.  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $1,700 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 18 :
(18) MEDIEVAL BRONZE PENDANTS AND PLAQUETTES, MOUNTED
11/12th c., two groups of (9) mounted as one velvet and framed, under glass with matching gilt frames; traces of gilt and enamel to some; bronzes vary, approx. 2" to 3";
matching gilt frames 17" by 15"  
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000

Realized: $2,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 19 :
(on 2) MEDIEVAL FRENCH LIMOGES ENAMELED OBJECTS
an enamel shield, 3.5 by 2.5"; mounted on fabric, under glass, in pierced Moscardi gilt frame 9" by 8.5"; along with a LIMOGES ENAMELED PENDANT, 3.25"  MORE
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 20 :
ITALIAN EMBRIACHI CARVED BONE AND INLAID WEDDING CASKET
15/16th c., Venice
sarcophagus hinged top with iron handle with panels of angelic couples flying among foliage; the body with applied vertical carved bone panels of couples to all sides; interior lined with red satin, 7.5"h; 9.5"w; 5.5"d
Prov.: Luigi Pelletieri
Baldassare…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $13,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 21 :
FRENCH GOTHIC CARVED FIGURE, ST. URSULA
15th c., standing figure holding an arrow and a book; remnants of polychrome decoration; 38"h; 12"w; 10"d
Prov: Collection of Herbert Weissberger, Madrid (known as the Almoneda Collection), sold American Art Association, New York, April 1921, lot 559
Paint now removed; minor…  MORE
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 22 :
ITALIAN EMBRIACHI CARVED BONE WEDDING CASKET
15/16th c., Venice
rectangular hinged lid with bone and horn inlay above applied panels of angelic couples flying among foliage; the body with applied vertical carved bone panels of couples to all sides; interior lined with old red velvet; 7"h; 10"w;…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $12,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 23 :
(on 2) HISPANO-MORESQUE INLAID VARGUENO ON STAND
overall bone Certocina work; the top, concealing a shallow compartment, lifts to release fall-front lid with iron hasp lock; the interior fitted with nine drawers and two cupboards; on bun feet; vargueno measures 26"h; 37.5"w; 17.5"d; it sits on a…  MORE
Estimate: $4,500 - $6,500

Realized: $4,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 24 :
FRENCH GOTHIC CARVED LIMESTONE HEAD
13th c. or earlier, bearded man wearing crown, 9", on rectangular green marble plinth, total 14"h
Possibly an Old Testament king.
Part of crown missing on one side; end of nose missing.  
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $13,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 25 :
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CARVED WALNUT VALUABLES CASKET
16th c., prob. Venice, traces of gilt, ornate carving of winged putti, dragons and scrolling foliage to lid and all sides; winged carytid to each corner, on paw feet; lined with early but not original red velvet; 8.5"h; 17.5"w; 12"d  
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Realized: $3,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 26 :
MOUNT ATHOS SILVER AND CARVED BOXWOOD CROSS
poss. Serbian, 18th c. or earlier
front and reverse each with six finely carved boxwood panels depicting Christ and various figures; the cross is framed in silver with applied silver floral and leaf adornments (traces of gilt wash);
each side inset…  MORE
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $2,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 27 :
CONTINENTAL CARVED AND GILDED VIERGE OUVRANT SHRINE
15th c., standing Virgin, robe hinged, when open a total of fifteen panels with fine gilt carvings depicting the Last Supper, the the final days, and the resurrection of Christ; 10.25"tall; base 4"w
Purchased Sotheby's NY, sale 927, lot 250
Some…  MORE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Realized: $2,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 28 :
FINE ROOMSIZE KASHAN HUNT RUG
calligraphy in borders, overall animals being hunted by other animals, 9'7" x 12'8"
In fine condition.  
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $8,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 29 :
LARGE PAIR OF ITALIAN BAROQUE BRASS PRICKET CANDLEHOLDERS
17th c., deep dish, double-baluster and boldly knopped stem, stepped round base, 23"tall  
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Realized: $800 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 30 :
SPANISH RENAISSANCE VARGUENO ON PUENTA STAND
16/early 17th c., Salamanca, the fall-front lid with iron double-hasp, iron drop pulls and pierced metal mounts originally backed with red velvet (now worn); the interior fitted with various sized drawers, all carved and gilded with architectural features and Santiago…  MORE
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500

Realized: $4,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 31 :
LARGE PAIR OF ITALIAN SILVERED RELIQUARIES
chased silvered metal over wood formcat with putti, grape, shell and scrolling design; each with pendant with bone fragments in the display, 34"h; base 14"w
S. Innocentii M/S. Clementiani M written in one; the other illegible  
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $1,600 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 32 :
(on 2) RENAISSANCE BRASS ALMS BOWL, PELICAN OF PIETY
17th c., both with embossed Pelican of Piety; the first unusual deep bowl-form; 9.5"diam.; 2.75"h; along with a large ALMS PLATE; 15.25"diam.  
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Realized: $2,200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 33 :
ITALIAN FIGURAL CARVED WRITING CABINET, STIPO A BAMBOCCI
Northern Italy, 17th c., dental-molded top above two paneled drawers with finely carved bearded man pulls; burl walnut fall-front lid flanked by full-figure bearded men; the interior fitted with eight various drawers, two cupboard doors and a secret drawer; 29"h;…  MORE
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Realized: $3,750 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 34 :
(on 5) SMALL EARLY BRONZE ITEMS
Loristan (Iran) recumbent cow, 1.5"; a hinged Medieval cross pendant, 1", mounted on velvet and in gilt frame 5" by 4"; bronze Roman rooster, 1.5"; part of a delicate Roman scale mounted with
bird, 4"w; Roman bronze eagle, 1.75"  
Estimate: $700 - $900

Realized: $275 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 35 :
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CARVED WALNUT CASSONE ON PLATFORM
traces of parcel gilt, the corners with carved armorini; bold lion paw feet;
illegible writing in black wash and date 17?? on reverse; 24"h; 71"w; 26"d; on later walnut rectangular plinth with carved edges to all four sides; 6"h; 6'w;…  MORE
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Realized: $3,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 36 :
(on 6) A GROUP OF INTERESTING ITEMS
(2) Spanish Colonial tiny caved and painted Saint Francis figures, 1.75"; a miniature Spanish Colonial silver Crown of Thorns, 5"diam; an early, small dome-shaped Orthodox enamel plaque of God the Father, 2.5" by 1.25"; a domed-shaped, carved stone depicting the…  MORE
Estimate: $600 - $800

Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 37 :
PAIR OF ITALIAN BAROQUE WALNUT CREDENZINI
hexagonal top, one frieze drawer over pair of split cupboard doors, shelf to interior, paneled door and sides, 32.5"h, 29"w, 14"d
Small patch in top of one.  
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,500

Realized: $6,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 38 :
ITALIAN BAROQUE WALNUT SIDE TABLE
prob. Bolognese, octagonal molded top on four baluster-turned legs joined by an X-shaped stretcher centered with a (later) turned finial, on stepped plinth; 33.5"h; top 16.5"
Prov.: Henry Harris, Esq., Sotheby's, London October 27, 1950;
Christie's, New York, January 1996, The Collections…  MORE
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

Realized: $3,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 39 :
GERMAN CARVED AND POLYCHROMED FIGURE, MADONNA AND CHILD
16/17th c. or earlier, 39"h; 12"w; 8"d; with 4"h oval wood block
Paint restoration.  
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $7,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 40 :
(on 3) GOTHIC CARVED BONE OBJECTS
KINIFE OR GRAVOR HANDLE, lion's head above two standing figures, 5" (slight wear from use on lion; age cracks to lion head); mounted on a 2" wood plinth; along with a small CARVED FIGURAL KNIFE OR GRAVOR HANDLE with face…  MORE
Estimate: $700 - $900

Realized: $550 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 41 :
ITALIAN GILT BRONZE MINIATURE FIGURE
poss. 17th c., St. Catherine standing, her right hand raised, holding an open book in the other hand, 2.25"tall
Gilt rubbed.  
Estimate: $500 - $700

Realized: $200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 42 :
FRENCH RENAISSANCE WROUGHT IRON MISSAL CASKET
15/16th c., covered with iron tracery over velvet (worn); the cast iron, puzzle lock clasp in the form of Gothic buttresses; lined in red velvet; 5.5"h; 12.5"w; 9"d
Prov.; Michael Dunn
Also called "Messebuchkastchen-type" casket.
One of four side drop rings missing;…  MORE
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Realized: $4,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 43 :
SPANISH RENAISSANCE WROUGHT IRON SMALL STRONG BOX
16th c., domed, hinged top with handle, 6"h (not incl. handle); 6.5"w; 5"d
Presently locked, no key.  
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Realized: $3,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 44 :
SPANISH/MEXICAN STUDDED LEATHER DOCUMENT BOX
18th c., hinged dome-top, overall brass studs; iron side handles; lined with purple satin; 10"h;
17.5"w; 13"d  
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,700

Realized: $500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 45 :
SPANISH BAROQUE TAQUILLON
17th c., prob. Salamanca, two drawers above pair of doors with metal starburst mounts and diamond paneling; the outer edge of case with carving and applied cut-out metal enhancements over red velvet (worn); iron handles to paneled sides, paneled back,…  MORE
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Realized: $2,000 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 46 :
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE CERTOSINA INLAID TABLE-TOP CABINET
15/16th c., bone and wood inlay to front and interior of lid, top and sides; drop-front lid the interior fitted with eight various inlaid drawers; iron side handles; with key; 12.75" h; 20"w; 12"d
Purchased Sotheby's New York sale # 6130,…  MORE
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Realized: $6,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 47 :
GOTHIC CARVED BONE POCKET ICON
poss. Byzantine, Constantinople, a bearded Saint holding a book, incised lettering on front, carved design on reverse, 2.25" by 1.5"  
Estimate: $400 - $500

Realized: $1,100 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 48 :
HISPANO-MORESQUE BAROQUE WALNUT VARGUENO ON TAQUILLON
rectangular top with hinged fall-front lid with velvet-backed wrought iron mounts; the interior fitted with a parcel-gilt and bone inlaid Hispano-Moresque facade with (13) drawers and (2) cupboard doors; the base (taquillon) with four drawers with diamond-point panels and conforming…  MORE
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Realized: $9,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 49 :
(on 3) RENAISSANCE CARVED SMALL BONE FIGURES
an extremely finely carved ITALIAN CARVING OF THE MADONNA AND CROWNED CHILD, 16th c., figure 2", mounted on green velvet in 18th c. carved gilt oval frame 6 by 5 in.; along with an EMBRIACHI CARVING OF TWO STANDING FIGURES,…  MORE
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Realized: $1,600 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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