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 3,750
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A SMALL CHINESE SILVERY BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRROR, TANG DYNASTY (618-907), thickly cast with a horse, a peacock, a phoenix and a qilin 4¾in. (12cm.) diameter
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection. The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
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