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Liao Tomb PHOENIXES

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:2,800.00 USD Estimated At:3,800.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Liao Tomb PHOENIXES
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
An elongated Copper panel with deeply embossed images of two Phoenix Birds with extremely elongated tails and holding long-stemmed Lotus Buds in their mouths both facing a Lotus Vessel of unusual form. The preservation of the panel suggests it was well-protected in the tomb of the Liao Princess, and the lack of holes for attachment may indicate it was inset in the wood interior of her coffin. Though the red enameling is not quite as good at in Lot 168, the figures are wonderfully defined, there is little corrosion or damage anywhere, and the gilding on the figures is superb. Guaranteed - as are the other lots here, it is an object not to be missed and nearly impossible to surpass.