Sale 2690
New York
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2 - 3 April 2013
PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUNDS
Price realised
USD 1,500
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A GROUP OF EARLY CHINESE POTTERY FIGURES, ZHOU-HAN DYNASTIES (1100 BC-AD 220), comprising a grey pottery head fragment, Zhou dynasty (1100-256 BC); a grey pottery male tomb figure, and a painted pottery figure of a dancing girl, each Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); together with a grey pottery figure of a kneeling woman, possibly Han dynasty The tomb figure 24in. (61cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection. The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
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