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LOT 2367

Chinese Ming Marble Panel with Horses

MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. OR EARLIER

30 in. (10.85 kg, 76 cm).

Rectangular slab with incised imagery in two registers: above, rectangular panels with horse, stag and bull; below broad scrolled arch flanked by two smaller versions, based on the chaitya of Buddhist temples; edges chipped.

Provenance

From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.

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LOT 2367

Chinese Ming Marble Panel with Horses

Sold for (Inc. bp): £234

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