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Important Chinese ceramics and works of art: archaic bronzes and works of art : archaic bronze vessels of a variety of shapes, a large Song carved wood figure of a Bodhisattva, a unified Silla standing figure of Buddha ; early ceramics : a group of Han green-glazed wares, Tang funerary figures of equestrians, a horse and a young camel, an imperial Northern Song Ruyao brushwasher, a Jin Cizhou pillow in the form of a reclining lady, a Cizhou sgraffiato jar with flying geese, a ding dish carved with a dragon, Yingqing, Jun, Northern and Longquan celadons ; Yuan and Ming porcelain : a fourteenth century blue and white Guan with dragons, a fourteenth century mei ping with peony scrolls, a Yongle blue and white dragon flask, two Yongle dishes with vine and flower scrolls, a Yuan underglaze-red decorated bottle, a Zhengde green dragon bowl, two Yongle engraved white dishes, a Yongle marked sacrificial red stemcup ; also, a series of Qing wares and a Korean blue and white dragon jar

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Corporate Author Sotheby's (Firm)
Title Important Chinese ceramics and works of art : archaic bronzes and works of art : archaic bronze vessels of a variety of shapes, a large Song carved wood figure of a Bodhisattva, a unified Silla standing figure of Buddha ; early ceramics : a group of Han green-glazed wares, Tang funerary figures of equestrians, a horse and a young camel, an imperial Northern Song Ruyao brushwasher, a Jin Cizhou pillow in the form of a reclining lady, a Cizhou sgraffiato jar with flying geese, a ding dish carved with a dragon, Yingqing, Jun, Northern and Longquan celadons ; Yuan and Ming porcelain : a fourteenth century blue and white Guan with dragons, a fourteenth century mei ping with peony scrolls, a Yongle blue and white dragon flask, two Yongle dishes with vine and flower scrolls, a Yuan underglaze-red decorated bottle, a Zhengde green dragon bowl, two Yongle engraved white dishes, a Yongle marked sacrificial red stemcup ; also, a series of Qing wares and a Korean blue and white dragon jar
Publisher London : Sotheby's, 1980
Physical desc. 218 pages ; illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Note 15/04/1980
Including property of the late Lord Cunliffe, His Highness Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, R.H.I. de la Mare, the late S.H. Pao, Lady Atkey, and from the collection formed by Nelson A. Rockefeller and offered for the benefit of his estate.
Includes a loosely inserted printed list of price estimates and a price list.
Date & place of sale Tuesday 15 April 1980, London
Person as subject Cunliffe, Walter Cunliffe -- Baron -- 1855-1920 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Aga Khan, Sadruddin -- Prince -- 1933- Art collections -- Catalogs
De la Mare, Richard -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Pao, S.H. -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Atkey -- Lady -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich) 1908-1979 -- Art collections -- Catalogs
Subject Porcelain, Chinese -- Catalogs
Art objects, Chinese -- Catalogs
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10013871 Box 18
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