Sale 2414
Amsterdam
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12 May 1999
Price realised
NLG 1,053
Estimate
Two bone figures of fishermen Late Qing Dynasty Two different figures carved standing with bamboo fishing rods and fish, wearing simple tunics above baggy trousers, the heads covered by a large lotus leaf, friendly expressions 23 cm. high, on wood stands (2)
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The designer and decorator shows us around his Santa Monica HQ, and enthuses over the forthcoming Rooms as Portraits auctions in London and New York
Chinese Works of Art specialist Olivia Hamilton reckons this pair of superb sculptures — around 1,300 years old — are ‘the finest I've seen come up for sale‘