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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): £124
With globular upper body and everted rim, trumpet-shaped foot; decorated with series of interlocking spiral motifs and radiating lines to the foot. 2.13 kg, 24.5 cm high
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.
See Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002.
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.
See Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Piriform bodied with two opposed Tao Tie, each holding a free-running ring in its mouth, further decorated with a shallow incised dragon to one face and a figure holding a cup on the other, together with an inscription in Chinese; tripod feet formed as squatting animals; restoration to the rings and feet. 3.8 kg, 35.5 cm high
with Galerie Golconda May 2006.
Ex private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence report no.11270306 from Laboratory Ralf Kotalla dated 5 May 2006.
Dragons in ancient Chinese art could be religious symbols, representatives of clans and creatures linking man to the spirit world. The Tao Tie often evoked mystery and beauty.
with Galerie Golconda May 2006.
Ex private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence report no.11270306 from Laboratory Ralf Kotalla dated 5 May 2006.
Dragons in ancient Chinese art could be religious symbols, representatives of clans and creatures linking man to the spirit world. The Tao Tie often evoked mystery and beauty.
With flared rim and two loop handles, bands of painted ornament to the shoulders. 1.9 kg, 30 cmFine condition.
Ex UK collection, acquired in the 1990s.
From the property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Ex UK collection, acquired in the 1990s.
From the property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled standing facing on a rectangular base with chamfered corners, one hand held within a voluminous sleeve and clutching at her breast, the other gathering her floor length robe at the waist, her hair dressed in an elaborate style on the top of the head. 1.16 kg, 37.5 cm high
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1979.108, for a comparable example.
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 1979.108, for a comparable example.
Rectangular reservoir with four spindle legs, conical neck and flared rim to the mouth, four angled spurs ending in crotal bells. 280 grams, 96 mm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
.jpg "Sino-Tibetan Gilt Arya Tara Figure")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Hollow-formed, sitting cross-legged flanked by uptala flowers, hands held in the mudra of instruction; black pigment to the hair and inset ruby-coloured gemstones to the headdress. 1.29 kg, 22 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Acquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
With high-relief image modelled in the half-round, standing figure in long robe and impressive headgear, clutching his beard to his chest. 3.4 kg, 32 x 18 cm
Ex Cotswold collection, UK, 1990s.
Ex Cotswold collection, UK, 1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With ovate body and flared rim, domed foot; decorated with series of interlocking linear and spiral motifs; base repaired. 1.75 kg, 23 cm high
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.
See Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002.
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.
See Labbe, A., Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional Cultural Perspectives, Bangkok, 2002.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
A dynamic pair of ceramic polo player figures modelled in the round, riding galloping horses in vigorous poses, each a female in a robe with long sleeves and extensive remains of polychrome pigmentation, detailing to the harnesses and rider's garments; each with a custom-made display stand. 10.65 kg total, 45-47 cm high including stands
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C124a7 from Oxford Authentication for one of the figures.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12097-213518.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1938,0524.114, for broadly comparable figures.
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C124a7 from Oxford Authentication for one of the figures.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12097-213518.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1938,0524.114, for broadly comparable figures.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
With broad shoulder and tapering walls, short cylindrical neck with everted rim; one loop handle to the equator and another to the shoulder; painted geometric motifs to the rim interior and upper body; rim chipped. 914 grams, 23.5 cm high
North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1992.165.18, for similar.
North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1992.165.18, for similar.
Modelled in the round with grey-green glaze. 132 grams, 73 mm
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.
Tiered rectangular base with figures climbing across the surface; central figure of Buddha in paridhana garment standing on a drum-shaped dais with skeletal figures. 1.6 kg, 28.1 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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