CHINA / 5000 YEARS

CHINA / 5000 YEARS

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Property from an Oklahoma Private Collection

A brown-glazed gu-form handled vase, Yuan dynasty | 元 褐釉雙耳觚

No reserve

Lot Closed

September 27, 03:04 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

Lot Details

Description

A brown-glazed gu-form handled vase

Yuan dynasty

元 褐釉雙耳觚


Height 7⅝ in., 19.5 cm

Collection of Charles R. Nesbitt (1921-2007), acquired prior to 1990s, and thence by descent. 

Charles Rudolph Nesbitt was an Oklahoma attorney, politician and a permanent member of the board of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City. He held several political positions in the Oklahoma state government, having served as the 9th Attorney General of Oklahoma (1963–1967), a member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1969–1975), and as Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor David Walters (1991–1995).