Sale 19039
New York
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24 September 2020
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Price realised
USD 35,000
Estimate
A SMALL WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A SEATED LION CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) Shown seated on a rectangular plinth with its head turned to one side 5 ½ in.(14 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby Park-Bernet, New York, 25 October 1975, lot 71. The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
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