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LOT 2256
Chinese Carved Soapstone Carving Group
19TH CENTURY A.D.
1 7/8 - 3 5/8 in. (360 grams total, 49-91 mm).
Carved triangular inkwell with landscape detailing, trees and group of figures; carved spray of flowers on an old collector's base; old inked label 'Bildstein China'; both with museum accession number '4905' inked in white on a black painted background. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the old private collection of a retired UK gentleman; his collection formed in the 1990s.
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