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LOT 2055
Chinese Gilt Serpentine Dancer
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 1/2 in. (3.3 kg, 31.5 cm).
A parcel-gilt carved statuette of a female dancer in active pose, wearing a long courtly robe; head and right arm repaired.
ProvenanceFrom a central London collection formed between 1990-2000.
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