Sale 9530
London, South Kensington
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5 December 2002
Price realised
GBP 176
Estimate
A Chinese wooden carving of an immortal late 19th Century the recumbent figure grasping a twin-tooth, one-horned dragon under one arm, a carved and pierced wooden stand -- 16¼in. (42.1cm.) long, (damages). See Illustration.
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