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LOT 2146
Chinese Blue Glazed Stem Cup
20TH CENTURY A.D.
43/4 in. (274 grams, 12 cm wide).
Formed with a near hemispherical bowl atop a tapering stem, wisps of cloud of smoke to the bowl base, a sinuous dragon wrapped around the bowl exterior.
Provenance
London collection since the 1980s.
Property of a Canadian family.
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