Sale FS13; Lot: 0464: A Chinese bronze and inlaid vessel cast as a crouching mythical tortoise, with scales to its legs, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 11cm long.

Sale: FS13 (25 Jan 2012)
Auction Lot: 0464
Estimate: £500-£700
Realised: £5,100
A Chinese bronze and inlaid vessel cast as a crouching mythical tortoise, with scales to its legs, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 11cm long.

Sale FS18; Lot: 0294: A platinum and diamond two stone cross-over ring with cushion-shaped old brilliant-cut diamonds, approximately 9.5mm x 6.1mm and 9.5mm x 5.8mm, estimated to weigh 3.5cts and 3.4cts in a cross-over claw setting between brilliant and baguette-cut diamond shoulders, 8.3gm total weight.

Sale: FS18 (24 Apr 2013)
Auction Lot: 0294
Estimate: £15,000-£18,000
Realised: £16,500
A platinum and diamond two stone cross-over ring with cushion-shaped old brilliant-cut diamonds, approximately 9.5mm x 6.1mm and 9.5mm x 5.8mm, estimated to weigh 3.5cts and 3.4cts in a cross-over ...

Sale FS17; Lot: 0380: Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell [1822-1869] - Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell's Photographic Album. A mixed photographic album of the 1850s and 1860s, elephant folio, lacking front board and some leaves.

Sale: FS17 (29 Jan 2013)
Auction Lot: 0380
Estimate: £4,000-£6,000
Realised: £9,400
Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell [1822-1869] - Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallewell's Photographic Album. A mixed photographic album of the 1850s and 1860s, elephant folio, lacking front board and some leaves.

FS13: Two Day Fine Art Sale

A Chinese Bronze and Inlaid Vessel

Auction Lot FS13/464

A Chinese bronze and inlaid vessel cast as a crouching mythical tortoise, with scales to its legs, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 11cm long.

A Chinese Bronze and Inlaid Vessel (FS13/464) offered in our Two Day Fine Art Sale (including Maritime Items) starting on 25th January 2012 at our salerooms in Exeter, Devon.

Lot Description

A Chinese bronze and inlaid vessel cast as a crouching mythical tortoise, with scales to its legs, Ming/Qing Dynasty, 11cm long.

Provenance

The Meyer Collection, Christies 14/4/1980, Lot 92.

Price Realised

£5,100

Estimate

£500 - £700

Department

Works of Art and Clocks

Fine Art Category

Fans

Sale Information

FS13: Two Day Fine Art Sale
Wednesday, 25th January 2012
Okehampton Street, Exeter

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