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LOT 2013
Chinese Gilt Bronze Monkey Statue
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.52 kg, 22 cm high).
In crouching pose with head turned and left paw resting on the knee, right paw extended, tail curled to rear. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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