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Sold for (Inc. bp): £41,600
.jpg "Attic Red-Figure Bell Krater with Drunken Male Revellers Attributed to the Kadmos Painter")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £32,500
.jpg "Roman Published Terracotta Oil Lamp with Fighting Gladiators")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £15,600
.jpg "Roman Marble Head of Hercules Wearing the Nemean Lion Skin")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,800
.jpg "The Anglesey Romano-British Marble Head of a Celtic Warrior")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,120
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Decorated He who loves from the heart, gives with a good heart Posy Boxwood Comb")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
.jpg "Medieval Limoges Gilt Christ Crowned on the Cross")
.jpg "Medieval Gold Heraldic Signet Ring with Goat")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £216
With rich chocolate-brown glaze, drum-shaped with carinated shoulder and broad mouth; four applied loops to the shoulder. 5.65 kg, 40 cm high
with a London, UK gallery 1971.
with a London, UK gallery 1971.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £164
With arched recess, nimbate Buddha in seated pose with hands raised to the chest. 4.29 kg, 31.5 cm
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980-1990.
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980-1990.
Carved bust with dressed hair beneath a lobed diadem with foliage detailing, serene face with eyes closed, urna to the brow; yellow, green, red and other pigment; mounted on a sturdy wooden stand. 7 kg total, 44.5 cm including stand
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Discoid mirror with dished profile, raised rim, reserved geometric 'ripple pattern' motif and central pierced lug. 747 grams, 21 cm wide
Ex Cotswolds, UK, collection, 1990s.
Ex Cotswolds, UK, collection, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
With a central hole; the disc sub-rectangular in cross section, gently tapering towards the outer edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 7.8 kg total, 50 cm diameter (65.5 cm including stand)
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Mixed group comprising: celadon ware bowl (repaired), glazed ceramic model carp; two rectangular lead scroll weights with text to one face. 1.82 kg total, 17-25 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Hollow-formed, modelled in the round, warrior wearing lamellar armour to chest, back and upper arms, helmet with side-flaps, padded skirt and broad leggings; left hand resting on a long hexagonal shield with midrib, right hand modelled open to accept a spear of shafted weapon. 1.4 kg, 31 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.25.228.
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.25.228.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Circular recess with high-relief modelled figure of Mahākāla sitting cross-legged on a lotus dais, six arms holding various symbols. 5.4 kg, 28.5 cm wide
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Modelled on a rectangular base, the horse standing in harness and with a long saddlecloth; the rider modelled seated in the saddle, arms held before the body, holding cymbals. 1.65 kg, 30.5 cm high
Ex North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. The Barakat Gallery, Chinese Art, Ming Dynasty 1368 AD-1644 AD, London (without year of publication), no.H.952 for similar
The finest of ceramic figures during the Ming Dynasty have a simplicity and compactness of modelling that makes them extremely impressive. Far greater freedom of movement was possible in ceramic sculpture, which now lent an air of gaiety and splendour already glittering with yellow, blue, and green tiles. Boldly conceived figures of men and horses in green-and-brown-glazed terracotta (liu-li) are splendid examples of the confident manner in which Ming craftsmen revived and transformed the style of the Tang Dynasty. These attendants on horseback are excellent examples of Ming Dynasty tomb pottery. The glazed sculptures were placed in burial chambers in order to flaunt social status, wealth, and power.
Ex North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. The Barakat Gallery, Chinese Art, Ming Dynasty 1368 AD-1644 AD, London (without year of publication), no.H.952 for similar
The finest of ceramic figures during the Ming Dynasty have a simplicity and compactness of modelling that makes them extremely impressive. Far greater freedom of movement was possible in ceramic sculpture, which now lent an air of gaiety and splendour already glittering with yellow, blue, and green tiles. Boldly conceived figures of men and horses in green-and-brown-glazed terracotta (liu-li) are splendid examples of the confident manner in which Ming craftsmen revived and transformed the style of the Tang Dynasty. These attendants on horseback are excellent examples of Ming Dynasty tomb pottery. The glazed sculptures were placed in burial chambers in order to flaunt social status, wealth, and power.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A hare's fur tea bowl of conical form, with everted rim and discoid foot, the interior decorated with a lustrous blackish glaze shot through with streaks of blue-silver 'hare's fur' markings, the exterior displaying russet and silver markings, the brown ware visible towards the foot. 302 grams, 12.9 cm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 91.1.226, for similar.
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 91.1.226, for similar.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Carved in the round seated on a lotus flower base, right hand in Bhumisparsha mudra. 3.07 kg, 25 cm high
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Acquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Large bulbus body with narrow shoulder, broad neck and everted mouth; two bands of painted ornament, intersecting scrolled tendril motifs reserved against a hatched field; some restoration. 7.7 kg, 43.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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