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Wednesday 14th October 2020

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Pair of 17th Century silk embroideries, with a shepherd playing a musical instrument with sheep and a dog, the second with a mother and child in a landscape with a lion and tiger, possibly panels from a box, 34cm x 11cm. Provenance Jonathan Horne

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£2200.00

Category

Works of Art

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