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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GROUP OF FOUR MINIATURE FIGURES
17TH-19TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF FOUR MINIATURE FIGURES
17TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises a peach pit carving of a man riding a horse, a nut carving of a rolling horse, a miniature silver figure of a horse, and a bronze figure of a buffalo.
The largest 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) long, two cloth boxes
17TH-19TH CENTURY
The group comprises a peach pit carving of a man riding a horse, a nut carving of a rolling horse, a miniature silver figure of a horse, and a bronze figure of a buffalo.
The largest 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) long, two cloth boxes
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
Pasadena, Pacificulture-Asia Museum, 13 June–15 August 1976.
Silver horse: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Silver horse: New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
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Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist