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Lot 81 · Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu

A lady, in white off-the-shoulder dress with frilled trim, with a chain and a blue, gold and red scarf draped across her chest and tied with gem-set pin at the left shoulder, pearl necklace, drop-pearl earrings, and pearls entwined in her dark hair dressed in ringlets

Pierre Huaud II · enamel on copper

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Estimate
£1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,756–$2,634
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, London · 6 July 2005
Record ID
TB-2026-5787249
Record
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Pierre Huaud II, A lady, in white off-the-shoulder dress with frilled trim, with a chain and a blue, gold and red scarf draped across her chest and tied with gem-set pin at the left shoulder, pearl necklace, drop-pearl earrings, and pearls entwined in her dark hair dressed in ringlets. Christie's, 6 Jul 2005, lot 81. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5787249.

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Pierre Huaud II, A lady, in white off-the-shoulder dress with frilled trim, with a chain and a blue, gold and red scarf draped across her chest and tied with gem-set pin at the left shoulder, pearl necklace, drop-pearl earrings, and pearls entwined in her dark hair dressed in ringlets. Christie's, 6 Jul 2005, lot 81. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5787249.

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