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Lot 24

FOUR CHINESE SPECTACLES
(i) rimless quartz lenses with brass frame, accompanied by case
(ii) folding spectacles with case
(iii) c.1740, folding spectacles with horn rims and brass bridge, accompanied by lacquered embossed case
(iv) smoked quartz lenses with brass frames. (4)

Estimate $400 - $600

Sold for $200


(ii) Sotheby's, 7 March 1997, Lot 624
(iii) Christie's, South Kensington, London, Medical Instruments, 29 January 1998, lot 211 (part)
(iv) Christie's, South Kensington, London, Medical Instruments, 29 January 1998, lot 212 (part)

Optics of Time: A Private Collection of Antique Eyewear

AUCTION
Sale: IT131
10:00am - 22 July 2026
Timed Online Auction (Sydney)

VIEWING
Tues 21 July, 11am - 5pm
36-40 The Bond, Queen St, Woollahra NSW

CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au

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