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Article: Round the auction houses.
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- November 1, 2003
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CHRISTIE'S, KING STREET Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 11 November 2003
A particular highlight of this sumptuous sales a remarkable Mughal style jade cup from the collection of the Qianlong Emperor. This elegant shuiyu is sculpted in the shape of a shell which, very unusually, tapers into the head of a goose. It carries an estimate of 150,000 [pounds sterling]-250,000 [pounds sterling]. Three other notable Mughal or Mughal style white jades from the Quianlong period are also going under the hammer today: a delicate shallow dish (estimated at 30,000 [pounds sterling]-40,000 [pounds sterling]), a jade snuff bottle (estimated at 15,000 [pounds sterling]-20,000) ...
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