Lot 238 · Important Portrait Miniatures and Objects of Vertu
A child seated full-length on a purple cushion, holding a toy chicken in her right hand and a wooden dog in her left hand, in lace-bordered white dress with white embroidered light blue sash and blue bows adorning the shoulders, white bonnet laced with blue ribbon in her fair hair; multi-coloured ball, floral carpet and green draped curtain background
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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $1,053–$1,405
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — IMPORTANT PORTRAIT MINIATURES AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, London · 6 July 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5787366
- Record
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French School, Circa 1900, A child seated full-length on a purple cushion, holding a toy chicken in her right hand and a wooden dog in her left hand, in lace-bordered white dress with white embroidered light blue sash and blue bows adorning the shoulders, white bonnet laced with blue ribbon in her fair hair; multi-coloured ball, floral carpet and green draped curtain background. Christie's, 6 Jul 2005, lot 238. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5787366.
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French School, Circa 1900, A child seated full-length on a purple cushion, holding a toy chicken in her right hand and a wooden dog in her left hand, in lace-bordered white dress with white embroidered light blue sash and blue bows adorning the shoulders, white bonnet laced with blue ribbon in her fair hair; multi-coloured ball, floral carpet and green draped curtain background. Christie's, 6 Jul 2005, lot 238. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5787366.
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