Sale 2108
New York
|
19 March 2008
Price realised
USD 938
Estimate
AN UNMADE IMPERIAL KESI RED-GROUND PURSE GUANGXU PERIOD (1875-1908) Of kidney shape, each side decorated with a rainbow-striped lishui border below a band of waves and a gold thread shou character flanked by a pair of bats suspending ribbon-tied wan emblems 9¼ x 5½ in. (23.5 x 14 cm.)
Provenance
Purchased London, 1977.
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