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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Spring Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  19 Nov 2013 ~ 10.30am
• Lot #:
  91
• Lot Description:
  A rare Chinese limestone commemorative pillar, Northern Song, dated 998
  The hexagonal pillar supported on a circular lotus base and bearing several inscriptions, "Villagers of Da Ming Fu, Chao Cheng County, Da Ming City" (one of the four major capitals of the period, today known as Beijing) "made this censor on the 4th of March, 998". The inscriptions go on to identify the names of the donars, good patination to the stone
  approx. 76cm high, 52cm diameter
• Provenance:
  From an important Australian private collection
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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