Sale 1794
New York
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24 January 2007
Price realised
USD 1,320
Estimate
TWO FIGURES OF IMMORTALS 19TH CENTURY Each modelled standing on a shaped blue base, the first bearded and wearing yellow robes set with Chinese characters, a peach in his hand, the second biscuit glazed, wearing a hat and green tunic, an attribute in his hands 10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high, the second (2)
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