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An Yixing figure of a toad, signed Chen Mingyuan, early Qing dynasty

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September 16, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

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Description

the base impressed with two seals reading Chen Mingyuan


Length 3½ in., 9 cm

Hugh M. Moss, Ltd., London, 1977.

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn.

Bonhams Hong Kong, 28th November 2011, lot 266.

A princely collection.

Bonhams London, 7th November 2024, lot 137.

Paul Moss, 'I-Hsing-Tea-Taste', Journal of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1978, p. 6, fig. 5.

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