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LOT 2622
Chinese Glazed Ceramic Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 3/8 - 4 3/4 in. (1.04 kg total, 8.5-12 cm).
Comprising: squat bowl with random geometric ornament; diffuser with crackle-glaze finish, calligraphic legend; hollow-formed glazed ceramic pixiu. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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