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Going, Going, Up: A 12th-Century Chinese ceramic dish used to wash calligraphy brushes was sold at auction Tuesday for $2.82 million. A private collector, Sunrider International of Los Angeles, bought the rare flower-shaped brushwasher that is from the imperial court of the Song Dynasty (1127-1279), according to Sotheby’s. A Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) decorated basin sold for $2.61 million.
