Sale 18243
Hong Kong
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8 October 2020
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Price realised
HKD 20,000
Estimate
A BRONZE CANDLE STICK HOLDER HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220) 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from J. T. Tai & Co, March 1965 Arthur M. Sackler Christie's New York, 1-2 October 2009, lot 253
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Literature
Poor, Robert, “Bronze Ritual Vessels of Ancient China”, Intercultural Press, New York City, 1968.
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