Sale 1794
New York
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24 January 2007
Price realised
USD 1,140
Estimate
A PAIR OF GOURD SHAPED VASES 19TH CENTURY Each painted with a woman playing with children, all in iron-red robes, flanked by small Buddhistic lion-head handles suspending rings, the neck and foot with a blue trellis and key-pattern band 9¼ in. (23.4 cm.) high (2)
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