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LOT 2175
Chinese Glazed Ceramic Blue and White Incense Box
20TH CENTURY A.D.
5 7/8 in. (1 kg, 15 cm high).
Featuring decorative piercing to one face, applied transfer Greek key motifs and beasts playing with yarn to four faces; hollow-formed with opening to one face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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