The Contents of Keerweder
Live Auction, 22 - 23 October 2012
Session 3
Lot Estimate
ZAR 60 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 66 840
About this Item
Two Korean carved stone figures of Confucian Scholars, late Choson dynasty period (1392-1910) each robed figure wearing a hat, and clasping a scholars' attribute, the taller 179cm high (2)
Notes
These two figures were originally set at the entrance of a temple of learning, South of Seoul, Korea. The temple was destroyed as part of the construction of the Seoul to Pusan superhighway prior to the Seoul Olympic Games of 1988
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