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LOT 2029
Chinese Qing Pair of Female Court Attendants
QING DYNASTY, 1644-1912 A.D.
9 in. (928 grams total, 23 cm each).
Modelled standing and dressed in dark robes, hair worn on a tall top-knot held in place with a band, one holding a tall vessel in her hand, and the other a teapot(?) in her left hand a netted bag over her right shoulder. [2]
ProvenanceFrom a West Country collection, UK, 1990s.
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 2029
Chinese Qing Pair of Female Court Attendants
Estimate £120 - 170€140 - 200 (for guidance only)$160 - 230 (for guidance only)
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