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SIX PAINTED FRESCO FRAGMENTS
- KIZIL, TURKESTAN, 6TH CENTURY

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SIX PAINTED FRESCO FRAGMENTS
KIZIL, TURKESTAN, 6TH CENTURY
Estimate
(Set Currency)
    $6,000 - $8,000

Sale Information

Sale 2389
property from the arthur m sackler collections
14 September 2009
New York, Rockefeller Plaza




Lot Description

SIX PAINTED FRESCO FRAGMENTS
KIZIL, TURKESTAN, 6TH CENTURY
One depicting a baluster vase, one depicting the seated Buddha and the remaining four depicting various figures, all in painted wood box frames
13 to 16½ in. (33 to 42 cm.) high (6)


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Provenance

Buddha: von Le Coq's expedition (by repute).
C.T. Loo, & Co., New York.
All: Frank Caro, New York, 27 August 1964.

Literature

Three: vase, Buddha and seated figure with topknot: C.T. Loo, Inc., Chinese Frescoes of Northern Sung, New York, 1949, cat. nos. N, J and L, respectively (not illustrated).

Post-Lot Text

See illustration of two

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