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869 - A collection of four Southeast Asian pottery boxes and covers, 16th century, each of circular form, comprising: two painted in underglaze blue, the covers with a bud finial, and two with moulded decoration of a tiger and a lobster to the covers (7.5 to 10.5cm diameter) (8) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Crazing present to lobster and tiger examples, bluetac residue present, minute chips to inner ring. Largest example: chips to inner rims and base, hairline crack to cover, finial possibly restored. Last: chips to rims and base, discoloration to glaze in areas, small crack to inside cover.
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A collection of four Southeast Asian pottery boxes and covers, 16th century, each of circular form, comprising: two painted in underglaze blue, the covers with a bud finial, and two with moulded decoration of a tiger and a lobster to the covers (7.5 to 10.5cm diameter) (8) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Crazing present to lobster and tiger examples, bluetac residue present, minute chips to inner ring. Largest example: chips to inner rims and base, hairline crack to cover, finial possibly restored. Last: chips to rims and base, discoloration to glaze in areas, small crack to inside cover.
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Asian and Islamic Art - Day TwoAuction house
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