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A SMALL PAIR OF EXPORT MYTHICAL
BEAST BOXES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The gilt and iron-red mythical beasts stand
with their heads raised and with a green ruyi
decorating their chests.
6 in. (15 cm.) high (4)
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
With Peter Kemp, London.
The James E. Sowell Collection, Dallas,
Texas.
LITERATURE:
Michael Cohen and William Motley,
Mandarin and Menagerie: Chinese and Japanese
Export Ceramic Figures, Reigate, 2008, p. 205.
清末民初
608 外銷礬紅描金瑞獸小蓋盒一對
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