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LOT 2043
Ban Chiang Period Painted Oval-Mouthed Vase
MIDDLE PERIOD, 900-300 B.C.
11 in. (1.8 kg, 28 cm).
Ellipsoid in plan jar or vase with flared mouth, bulbous body and trumpet-shaped base; reserved bands on a red hatched field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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 Perspective, Bangkok, 2002, for type.
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Ban Chiang Period Painted Storage Jar
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
With ovate body and flared rim, domed foot; decorated with series of interlocking linear and spiral motifs; rim repaired. 1.6 kg, 21 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.
Ban Chiang, on Thailand’s Khorat Plateau, offers interesting archaeological remains dating from the 4th millennium B.C. onwards. The artificial inventory is dominated by ceramic assemblages characterised by highly aesthetic forms and decorations. They show surface colour variations, particularly in black, white and red hues. -
Chinese and other Broken Pottery Vessel Group
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including fragments of a terracotta jar with piriform body and waisted neck. 6.6 kg total including box, 3.5-28 cm
Ex London, UK, gallery. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Large Chinese Decorated Porcelain Bowl Pair
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Decorated with a polychrome frieze of scalloped cartouches displaying birds perched amongst fruiting vegetation, insects in the field, repeated around the neck with flowering plants alternating with cartouches depicting birds amongst vegetation; interior with gilt roundel to base with floral spray, three plants around. 4.9 kg total, 35.5 cm wide
From a UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11717-198623.
