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LOT 1649

Chinese Han Style Coiled Bronze Pixiu

20TH CENTURY A.D.

3 5/8 in. (606 grams, 91 mm).

Weight formed as a pixiu modelled in the round with three legs radiating from the body and the fourth gripping the rump. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Ex West Country collection, UK, 1970-1990s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1649

Chinese Han Style Coiled Bronze Pixiu

Sold for (Inc. bp): £98

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    Previously from a Bath, UK, gallery. From the private collection of Desmond Morris. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Parisian collection.

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