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Asian and Emporium Auction

Fri, Jan 15, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 24

Two Elephant Figural Pottery Incense Burners

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Chinese, age unknown, terra cotta double handled burner with three elephant trunk supports, 7-1/2 in.; molded green glazed burner with standing elephant base and four figures supporting bowl, 6-1/2 in.  - Provenance: Wannieck, Paris, 1949 (green glazed burner); Property from the Collection of Senator Hugh Scott, now the Property of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Condition

terra cotta burner with abrasions and wear; glazed burner with multiple repairs to bowl and extending to figures, abrasions and wear to glaze
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