Sale 2813
New York
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14 - 15 January 2014
PROPERTY FROM THE GALSTER-IRELAND COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 625
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A CHINESE DEHUA FIGURE OF A WARRIOR, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911), possibly a figure of Guandi, the God of War, seated atop an oval ring base 9½in. (24cm.) high
Provenance
Galster-Ireland Collection, New York.
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