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Claude Ballin the Elder

Bronze Garden Vase with Portrait Medallions and Hybrid Lion-shaped Handles, possibly related to the Gardens of Versailles

1673 or after
Pen and ink with gray wash over ruled lines in graphite
27 × 18.9 cm (10.6 × 7.4 in)

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