Sale 2739
Amsterdam
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2 May 2007
Price realised
EUR 2,880
Estimate
A set of twenty-four blue and white 'Nanking cargo' bowls Circa 1750 Decorated with the 'scholar on the bridge' pattern, depicting a scholar crossing a bridge between two rocky isles with a pavilion and retreats beside pine and other trees on the exterior, the interior with a border of trellis pattern, rim chips and cracks 15 cm. diam. (24)
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