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Day 2: Fine Art & Decorative Works

Sat, Mar 14, 2015 09:00AM EDT - Sun, Mar 15, 2015 09:00AM EDT
Lot 961

Three Pieces Japanese Ceramics and

Estimate: $300 - $600

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Two Antique Chinese Wooden Figures three pieces earthenware or stoneware: vase, [bezin,] set with two ring-form handles, 19th century or earlier, 6 in., [good condition;] unglazed lid holder, [futa oki,] 2 in., [good condition;] dark-glazed water dropper, figure of man, 19th century or earlier, 3 in., [roughness and glaze voids at base (largely as made);] seated wooden figure with traces of paint, back with opening with inscriptions on paper, 10 in., [extensive surface wear and pigment losses with some probable retouch, other distress and wear;] Buddhist temple figure with upraised hands, inset facial hair, traces of pigment, back with lidded compartment with inscribed papers inside, possibly one of the ten judges of Hell, 18th/19th century, 8 in., [losses to left-hand and one right finger, surface wear and pigment losses throughout] . Provenance: Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

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