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LOT 1975
French Miniature Portrait Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
4 - 4 3/8 in. (144 grams total, 10-11 cm).
Comprising two three-quarter busts of young well-dressed gentlemen; both painted on paper and set in recessed wooden frames with metal collars. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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