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Qianlong four character
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Provenance
Eskenazi Ltd., London and Milan, circa 1960-1961
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Sotheby’s London, 21 November 1961,
lot 164 (frontpiece illustration), where it is noted was
acquired by Marshall
Property of a Nobleman, sold at Christie’s London,
16 December 1987, lot 472
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1989
Somerset de Chair (1911-1995)
Illustrated
Oriental Art Magazine,
Summer 1962, pp.88-89, fig.7
G. Wills, Jade of the East,
New York, 1972, pp.93, 116-117
G.Eskenazi and H.Elias,
A Dealer’s Hand:
The Chinese Art World Through
the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi,
London, 2012, p.237, pl.157.
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