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Live Auction

Day 2: European & Asian Works of Art

Sat, Jan 16, 2016 09:00AM EST - Mon, Jan 18, 2016 09:00AM EST
Lot 434

Longquan Celadon-Glazed Figure of a

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

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Seated Dignitary Converted to a Lamp Chinese, figure with unglazed biscuit face and headdress, wearing long robe, seated on platform base, mounted on gilt metal three-tier oval stand, electrified, figure 9-1/4 in., with pagoda-form silk shade and carved jadeite tablet-form finial, 24 in. overall large firing hole verso, glaze fractures on sides extending towards firing hole, minor loss to molding, shade in good condition, fracture visible to one side of jadeite tablet of finial. Provenance: John Frederick and Elizabeth Maue, New York/New Jersey; By descent

Condition

large firing hole verso, glaze fractures on sides extending towards firing hole, minor loss to molding, shade in good condition, fracture visible to one side of jadeite tablet of finial

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