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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of Chinese, European Art and Antiques
• Sale Date:
  21 Nov 2011 ~ 6pm (Lots 1 - 215)
  22 Nov 2011 ~ 11am (Lots 216 - 354)
  22 Nov 2011 ~ 2pm (Lots 355 - 624)
  22 Nov 2011 ~ 6.30pm (Lots 625 - 775)
• Lot #:
  119
• Lot Description:
  *See “The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings”, Beijing, pl's 213 and 224 for two other examples of figural carvings
  The standing figure holding the stems of three lotus leaves, the seated twin holding a sceptre, three bats attached to one side, a fan with a tied ruyi branch on the other, the horn of pale translucent amber tone, with modern zitan wave-form base
  16.5cm long x 8cm wide
• Provenance:
  A Melbourne private collection; acquired by the collector's grandfather, who was a missionary in Amoy in 1904, and brought back to Victoria in 1937
• Notes:
  *See The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings , Beijing, pl's 213 and 224 for two other examples of figural carvings
• Estimate:
  A$250,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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