Lot 190 · Old Master & British Drawings
A cock Reed Bunting perched on a branch
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- Estimate
- £4,000–£6,000 hammer ≈ $6,148–$9,221
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & British Drawings, London · 8 July 2015
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4381610
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Pieter Holsteyn The Younger, A cock Reed Bunting perched on a branch. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2015, lot 190. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4381610.
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Pieter Holsteyn The Younger, A cock Reed Bunting perched on a branch. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2015, lot 190. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4381610.
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