6th Nov, 2024 10:00
Asian, Indian & Islamic Art
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Two soapstone ‘floral’ washers
Chinese, 19th Century
deeply hollowed and formed as a deep flowerhead, crisply carved with leafy lotus and peony blossoms issuing from the underside to form an elaborate deeply-hollowed coiling surround with small flowerheads at the rim, 12cm and 13cm wide.
Two soapstone ‘floral’ washers
Chinese, 19th Century
deeply hollowed and formed as a deep flowerhead, crisply carved with leafy lotus and peony blossoms issuing from the underside to form an elaborate deeply-hollowed coiling surround with small flowerheads at the rim, 12cm and 13cm wide.
Chips and nicks to the extremities, natural stone flaws.
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Auction: Asian, Indian & Islamic Art, 6th Nov, 2024
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