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LOT 2328
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Guardian Lion
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (244 grams, 10.3 cm wide).
With carved lotus flower design to the base. lid with reserved advancing lion on a hatched field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2328
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Guardian Lion
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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