Sale 3001
Amsterdam
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3 - 4 April 2012
Price realised
EUR 5,625
Estimate
A Chinese blanc-de-chine model of a grotto 17th 18th Century Modelled as a mountainside grotto filled with a figure of Guanyin seated on a ledge at the top flanked by two acolytes, above the Eighteen Luohans, some with their attributes, the back textured in imitation of rock, all under a glaze of milk-white color 21.3 cm. high
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Pre-Lot Text
Property from the collection of Mr. C.F. van Veen (1912-1982)
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