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THE SOWELL COLLECTION
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46 A PAIR OF ROSE-VERTE BUDDHIST LIONS
19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY SAMSON
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Finely modeled, the female with a pup, the male with a brocade ball,
with later fitted ormolu bases
16º in. (41 cm.) high (2)
$12,000-18,000
LITERATURE:
op. cit., p. 210, no. 15.7
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A SMALL PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE PHEASANTS
CIRCA 1760
Each with shaded iron-red breast and polychrome plumage, perched
on a pierced rock base
8Ω in. (21.5 cm.) high (2)
$12,000-18,000
PROVENANCE:
With A&J Speelman, London.
LITERATURE:
op. cit., pp. 238, 16.12
