Lot 127 · Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale
A lobster on a white porcelain platter with grapes and a partly-peeled lemon, a nautilus cup, a roemer and façon-de-Venise wineglasses, on a stone ledge, with a snail and a butterfly
Ottmar Elliger II · oil on panel
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- Estimate
- £50,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $75,445–$120,712
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale, London · 9 December 2015
- Dimensions
- 38 ¾ x 30 7/8 in. (98.4 x 78.4 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4076094
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-4076094 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-4076094
Ottmar Elliger II, A lobster on a white porcelain platter with grapes and a partly-peeled lemon, a nautilus cup, a roemer and façon-de-Venise wineglasses, on a stone ledge, with a snail and a butterfly. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 127. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4076094.
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Ottmar Elliger II, A lobster on a white porcelain platter with grapes and a partly-peeled lemon, a nautilus cup, a roemer and façon-de-Venise wineglasses, on a stone ledge, with a snail and a butterfly. Christie's, 9 Dec 2015, lot 127. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4076094.
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