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LOT 2201
Chinese Hardstone Plaque Pendant
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (42 grams, 61 x 40 mm).
Obverse with two figures in a landscape beneath a tree, reverse with four columns of text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
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