Sale 1633
New York
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7 - 8 March 2006
Price realised
USD 1,020
Estimate
A PAIR OF SMALL PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF SEATED MUSICIANS, TANG DYNASTY, each foreign musician seated on a stool and wearing layered robes, boots and a cloth cap, one playing cymbals, the other with hands raised to hold an instrument, traces of pigment 5¼ and 5 1/8in. (13.3 and 13cm.) high (2)
Provenance
C.T. Loo & Co., Paris.
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND (LOTS 298-300)
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