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Lot 996: A Six-Poster Canopy Bed
Auction House: Christie's
Auction Location: New York, NY, USA
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY
USA
10020
Phone: (212) 636-2000
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Auction Title: The Doris Duke Collection
Auction Date: 03 June 2004
Description: The canopy painted and lacquered in red with rectangular black lacquered panels decorated with gilt foliage, the bed with gilt leaf edge, keyfret trim and gilt foliate scalloped aprons, the legs with lion masks terminating in claw-and-ball feet
87 in. (220.9 cm.) high, 81 5/8 in. (207.1 cm.) wide, 56 in. (142.2 cm.) deep
Published: N. Tingley, Doris Duke: The Southeast Asian Art Collection, New York, 2003, p. 36, pl. 15.
Notes: Christie's is selling all lots in this sale as agent for an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization certificate. Seller explicitly reserves all trademark and trade name rights and rights of privacy and publicity in the name and image of Doris Duke. No buyer of any property in this sale will acquire any right to use the Doris Duke name or image. Seller further explicitly reserves all copyright rights in designs or other copyrightable works included in the property offered for sale. No buyer of any property in the sale will acquire the rights to reproduce, distribute copies of, or prepare derivative works of such designs or copyrightable works.
