iGavel Auctions: Pair of Large Chinese Stone Doors, Tang Dynasty or Later FR3SHLM

Estimate
$6000-9000

Description
with a steel and plywood stand for display

Provenance
ex-JT Tai Collection
Sotheby's, New York, Informing the Eye of the Collector: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art from J. T. Tai & Co., March 22, 2011, lot 259
Tangying & Co, New York
Sotheby's, New York, November 5th 1964, lot 195

Measurements
The stone height: 44 inches
width: 18 1/2 inches
depth 5 inches

The stand height: 38 1/8 inches
width: 42 inches
depth: 10 inches

Weight

Condition
one door broken in two, each door with chips and each with apertures drilled for attaching to the stand, the apertures inset with threaded steel for attaching to the stand; the stand with chips and wear to the black pigment and plywood base, the steel rusted