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    Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

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    9 November 2007

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    • AN IVORY SATIN BED COVER, MACA
    Lot 406

    AN IVORY SATIN BED COVER, MACAO, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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    GBP 4,000

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    AN IVORY SATIN BED COVER, MACAO, LATE 18TH CENTURY
    embroidered in floss silks with a central roundel with two phoenix, the field with bhuddistic lions and deer among peonies, the border with further lions and phoenix, for the Portuguese market--88in. (224cm.) x 104in. (264cm.)

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