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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
25-Aug-2024
Lot No.
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Description:
A small Chinese bronze paperweight, late Ming Dynasty, 16-17th century, the paperweight in the form of a boy playing a large drum, with obvious enjoyment, his eyes closed and wearing a broad smile, his costume tied in a loop on the back of his shoulder, the high points and base with a golden patina, see Sotheby's Hk, Scholarly Art 111, 8/4/2013, lot 161 for a very similar example, also, Sotheby's Hk, the Mary and George Bloch collection, 23/10/2005, lot 43 for a very similar example, 4.9 cm high, 5.9 cm wide, /
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Price:
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Category:
Oriental: Bronze