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A NANMU WALKING STAFF

18TH CENTURY

The staff is of natural form, with a small
piercing near the top for a tassel or pendant,
and with a later inscribed six-character
inscription in silver studs describing the
present object as ‘a staff with dragon head’
near the top.
55º in. (140.3 cm.) long
$7,000-9,000

PROVENANCE

William Lipton Ltd., New York.

清十八世紀 楠木杖

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