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LOT 1881
Silver Bookplate with Mary and Child
CIRCA 18TH-19TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (6.86 grams, 52 mm).
Rectangular sheet-silver panel with hatched field, reserved Mary Theotokos and infant Jesus flanked by winged angels and legend 'MP ΘΥ'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s.
From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
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