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Lot 79 · Old Master Drawings

a coot standing on the banks of the river nile

Jean-baptiste Adanson

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Estimate
$7,000–$9,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Old Master Drawings, New York · 25 January 2017
Record ID
TB-2026-4541973
Record
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Jean-baptiste Adanson, a coot standing on the banks of the river nile. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2017, lot 79. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4541973.

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Jean-baptiste Adanson, a coot standing on the banks of the river nile. Sotheby's, 25 Jan 2017, lot 79. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4541973.

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