Lot #468 - An old Chinese bronze statuette
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Auction House:Cordy's
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Sale Name:November Antique, Collectors Tools & Art Auction
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Sale Date:05 Nov 2013 ~ 9am
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Lot #:468
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Lot Description:An old Chinese bronze statuette
possibly as early as the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor Liu Bei (Xuande) of the Three Kingdoms Periods. Seated upon a throne chair, his right hand raised to a jewelled sash at his chest, his robe front decorated with an incised panel replicating embroidery and depicting a horned dragon in a landscape. His beard, moustache and coiffure trail tentacle like over his sternum. Height 380. -
Estimate:NZ$6,500 - 6,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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