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LOT 2321

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.

Provenance

From a central London collection formed between 1990-2000.

CONDITION

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LOT 2321

Chinese Gilt Serpentine Dancer

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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