Sale 8193
New York, East
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22 December 1998
Price realised
USD 2,530
Estimate
A GLAZED FIGURE OF A BACTRIAN CAMEL tang dynasty (8th century) Standing foursquare on long legs upon a rectangular base, its long neck help up to support the well-modelled head, its two humps standing straight surrounded by a simple blanket, covered in a glaze of deep amber and straw 17 in. high
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 15 July 1980, lot 27
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Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art