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LOT 2127
Chinese Hardstone Plaque Pendant
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. (35 grams, 59 x 39 mm).
Obverse with a prancing horse in a landscape, reverse with three columns of text. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Paris gallery, 1980-1990.
From a Parisian collection.
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