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Lot 326

AN UNUSUAL IRON BASSIN OF 'XI' OR 'PAN' TYPE

Estimated Value:

900 € - 1.500 €

Schätzpreis:

Description:

China, Song/ Yuan dynasty
D. 33,7 cm
Water vessel for hand washing. On flat bottom, little bulbous wall with sloping flag and thickened rim. On the outside of the wall four little deepened fields and rings, probably missing the applications. Between them four characters. Inside on the wall four, barely recognizable, in the bottom one character. Old wooden stand on four curved legs.
From an old German private collection, purchased at Lempertz, Cologne, lot 1057 on November 28, 1986
Traces of age, corrosion, losses