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LOT 2067
Burmese Green Stone Elephant Bead Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 - 1 3/8 in. (156 grams total, 33-35 mm).
Each modelled in the round with a collar, pierced longitudinally for suspension. [7, 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.
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Chinese Tang Standing Figure
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.DEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Standing figure in hooded knee-length garment and floor-length undergarment; right arm bent, hollow at the crook of the elbow to accept a handle. 473 grams, 22.5 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s. -
Chinese Wei Terracotta Brick
Northern Wei, 386-534 A.D. or laterEstimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £70
Rectangular in plan with recessed arch, figure modelled in the half-round of Buddha wearing a voluminous pleated robe extending to fill the lower part of the arch, mandorla to the rear. 3.7 kg, 33 cm
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980-1990. -
South East Asian Bronze Kohl Pot
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Biconvex reservoir with four spindle legs, tapering neck and flared rim to the mouth; to the shoulder, four angled spurs ending in crotal bells. 316 grams, 10.5 cm
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK, 1990s.