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Lot 389
Sale 1015 - Strong Diversions: Property from a Lifetime of Play
Mar 28, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$1,000 -
2,000
Price Realized
$5,000
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Lot Description
Three Chinese Figures of Fish
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
角雕金魚、瓷塑鯉魚及松石綠地紫彩鯉魚形蓋盒
the first a carved wood figure of a goldfish, worked with a fluttering tail and painted vivid orange, the second porcelain figure of a carp, the grey glaze pooling in carved recesses between its scales, and the third a turquoise and purple glazed carp-form box and cover, molded with the carp-form cover conforming within the cresting waves forming the box.
the first a carved wood figure of a goldfish, worked with a fluttering tail and painted vivid orange, the second porcelain figure of a carp, the grey glaze pooling in carved recesses between its scales, and the third a turquoise and purple glazed carp-form box and cover, molded with the carp-form cover conforming within the cresting waves forming the box.
Length of longest 8 3/4 in., 22.2 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund