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LOT 2275

Chinese Ming Celadon Glazed Bowl

MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D.

6 1/2 in. (477 grams, 16.7 cm).

A glazed ceramic bowl with convex body, everted and bevelled rim and shallow plinth foot; old inked inscription to base: '2284 / PS'. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 2275

Chinese Ming Celadon Glazed Bowl

Sold for (Inc. bp): £286

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