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LOT 2187
Chinese Glass Amuletic Plaque
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 in. (35.1 grams, 53 mm).
Rectangular in form with Imperial ox carriage to one face and archaic Chinese characters to the other; pierced for suspension.
ProvenanceEx Paris gallery, 1990s.
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