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A MINIATURE OF COUNT ORLOV, 19TH CENTURY

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

July 14, 12:35 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A MINIATURE OF COUNT ORLOV, 19TH CENTURY


painted on ivory, set in a later gilt-metal frame, with a paper label inscribed in Russian 'Count Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov / 1787 / General, chief gendarme / Paris congress 1856'

unsigned

1.5 by 1.2cm,⅝ by½in.

This lot contains ivory. Please note that Sotheby's will not assist buyers with CITES licence applications where a buyer elects to either collect or arrange their own shipping, nor will Sotheby's assist with the international movement of ivory by air, either as freight or through hand carry.