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Fine Jewelry, Sporting Arts, Asian Works, Fine & Decorative Works

Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 137

Purple-Glazed Porcelain Cat, Ceramic

Estimate: $400 - $700

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Foo Lion Pillow Chinese, probably late 19th/early 20th century: seated cat with pierced top lip, 7-1/2 x 8-3/4 x 5-3/4 in., on finely carved hardwood stand [en suite,] 10 in., [minor firing flaws to glaze at tail and left eye, small flakes to top of ears, glaze crackle at base of tail and left leg, loss to one foot of stand;] brown-glazed ceramic pillow in the form of a reclining foo lion, hole at one end of head, 6 x 10 x 5 in., [possible firing anomaly or glaze loss to nose] . Provenance: Estate of Barbara M. Baker, Meadville, Pennsylvania