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Tin-glazed shallow dish with dark blue landscape details in a lattice border. 86 grams, 11.8 cm
Ex Scott family collection by descent.
Ex Scott family collection by descent.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Sitting on a low folding chair, with elaborately dressed hair and blusher on her cheeks, wearing a draped robe with green floral detailing, cloud slippers emerging from beneath the hem; arms raised within the sleeves exposing her delicate hands; puppy at her foot. 1.6 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122k22 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12447-226143.
See Caroselli, S.L. ed., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, p.viii, for type.
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122k22 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12447-226143.
See Caroselli, S.L. ed., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, p.viii, for type.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Standing erect on a tiered square base, wearing a floor-length robe and with elaborately dressed hair, right hand at the waist supporting a wreath. 261 grams, 17 cm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.
With broad biconvex body, flared carinated shoulder and angled neck to the broad muth; loop handle to the rear; reserved roundels on a field of scrolls and foliage motifs. 1.48 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.
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Hollow-formed in riding clothes with a shoulder-length hood, cross-over coat held by a girdle, long riding boots; both hands modelled open to accept separate objects. 414 grams, 23.6 cm
From the private collection of H. Norry, 1980s-1990s.
From the private collection of H. Norry, 1980s-1990s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Both with polychrome floral motifs to the inner walls and petal design to the outer walls, a large central flower motif enclosed in trailing leaves. 1.18 kg total, 22.2-22.5 cm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.
Piriform in profile with flared foot, the sidewall with landscape and a snake, birds and plants modelled in high-relief; band of text to the neck; calligraphic seal to the underside. 2.28 kg, 24.5 cm
From the collection of the famous Eve Clarke.
From the collection of the famous Eve Clarke.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Seated on a low folding chair, with elaborately dressed hair and blusher on her cheeks, dressed in a draped robe, cloud slippers emerging from beneath the hem; arms raised within the sleeves exposing one delicate hand holding a scallop-shaped fan. 1.4 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122k21 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12448-226142.
See Caroselli, S.L. ed., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, p.viii, for type.
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C122k21 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12448-226142.
See Caroselli, S.L. ed., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, p.viii, for type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a biconical body and tall flared neck, two broad strap handles to the sides. 210 grams, 12 cm
Acquired in the 1970s.
From a London, UK, collection.
Acquired in the 1970s.
From a London, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising a biconvex jar with flared rim, ridged leather texture to the body and shoulder. 920 grams, 19 cm
Acquired prior to 2004.
Ex Cheuk family collection, London, UK.
Acquired prior to 2004.
Ex Cheuk family collection, London, UK.
On a square-section base, carved in the round with undercuts, figural post of a human or theriomorphic guardian wrestling with a shishi palace guardian lion; repaired. 101 kg, 73 cm
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1970s.
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1970s.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising three powder boxes with painted rosette to the lid. 259 grams total, 60-62 mm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels.
Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.
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