Sold for $5,000

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Lot Description

A Chinese Paktong Wash Basin

19TH CENTURY

清晚期白銅刻童子仕女圖盆
with deep sides and everted mouth rim, incised at the center of the base with a scene of ladies and boys playing chess in the garden.

Diameter 18 1/8 in., 46 cm.

Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund

Condition Report

In good stable condition, dappled with scattered spots of tarnish that do not detract from the overall impression of the work. Not warped. The underside with some surface scratches and a handwritten accession number.

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