Sale 2690
New York
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2 - 3 April 2013
Price realised
USD 1,750
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
FOUR MINIATURE CHINESE BRONZE CIRCULAR MIRRORS, LATE HAN/TANG DYNASTY, each cast with animals, birds, or blossoms; together with another mirror with two horse-form handle The largest 4¼in. (10.8cm.) long (5)
Provenance
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection. The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUNDS
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