MAJESTIC ANTIQUE CHINESE URN EARLY TO MID 1800S A RARE COLLECTORS PIECE IN BEAUTIFUL BRONZE Start Price AUD 120.00 Current Price AUD 120.00 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 End Time Saturday, December 06, 2008 Location Sydney, NSW See more about 'MAJESTIC ANTIQUE CHINESE URN EARLY TO MID 1800S' Description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lace a Bid!