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TWO STEATITE OR PUDDINGSTONE CUPS

CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

    Price Realised USD 5,625
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    USD 600 - USD 800
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    TWO STEATITE OR PUDDINGSTONE CUPS

    CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

    Price Realised USD 5,625
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    Price Realised USD 5,625
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    TWO STEATITE OR PUDDINGSTONE CUPS
    CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
    Each on a flaring foot with straight sides rising to an everted rim, the stone patterned with green, dark red, and yellow colors
    2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) and 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) diameter

    Provenance
    The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1994.
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    These two steatite or puddingstone cups were placed on the desk alongside other steatite vessels, lot 8106 and lot 8108 in this sale, adjacent to Mr. Ellsworth’s desk in the library of his apartment.
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