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LOT 1856
Chinese Style Stone and Other Artefact Group
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 1/4 - 4 5/8 in. (550 grams total, 8.4-11.8 cm).
Comprising: a pale green stone figurine of a dragon-headed turtle supporting a column with a dragon wrapped around it; a blue stone cuboid seal with a dragon finial, characters underneath; a resin tripod vessel with a sinuous lioness to each side of the rim. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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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