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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION
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A SMALL GILT-BRONZE BUDDHIST LION
17TH CENTURY
The lion is shown seated on its haunches
with its left paw resting on a brocade ball.
3º in. (8.3 cm.) long
$7,000-9,000

十七世紀 銅鎏金獅戲繡球擺件

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ANOTHER PROPERTY
1262
A GILT-LACQUERED BRONZEFIGURE OF WENCHANG
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The fgure, with benevolent expression, is cast in a seated position holding
a hu tablet in his right hand, and wearing a tall scholar’s hat and voluminous
robe that falls to the top of his ruyi-toed shoes.
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) high, cloth box
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 2012.
明 銅漆金文昌帝君坐像

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