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    • A GROUP OF EARLY CHINESE POTTE
    Lot 146 | PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUNDS Read more

    A GROUP OF EARLY CHINESE POTTERY FIGURES,

    ZHOU-HAN DYNASTIES (1100 BC-AD 220),

    Price realised

    USD 1,500

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    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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    This lot is offered without reserve.


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    PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUNDS

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