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A 19TH CENTURY AUTOMATON, PIERROT SERENADING THE MOON
GUSTAV VICHY, PARIS, FRANCE, CIRCA 1890
the figure dressed in a waistcoat and cap, perched on the crescent of the moon, the moon listening intently with moving lips and eyes as Pierrot plays his mandolin and rocks his head back and forth, sticking out his tongue, the movement stamped G. Vichy / Paris, the automaton 41 x 50cm; the case 59 x 51.5 x 45cm
Sold for $16,000
Lot 263
GUSTAV VICHY, PARIS, FRANCE, CIRCA 1890
the figure dressed in a waistcoat and cap, perched on the crescent of the moon, the moon listening intently with moving lips and eyes as Pierrot plays his mandolin and rocks his head back and forth, sticking out his tongue, the movement stamped G. Vichy / Paris, the automaton 41 x 50cm; the case 59 x 51.5 x 45cm
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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