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LOT 2008
Chinese Bronze Warring States Style Dagger
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
8 3/4 in. (110 grams, 22.2 cm).
Flat-section blade with a rounded tip and a wide, pierced tang. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Ma Gallery, Bath, UK.
From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
See Peers, C.J., Ancient Chinese Armies 1500-200BC, London, 1990, p.16, for a similar original blade.
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Chinese Bronze Warring States Style Dagger
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £234
Flat-section blade with a rounded tip and a wide, pierced tang. 110 grams, 22.2 cm
Ex Ma Gallery, Bath, UK. From a private Wiltshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Post Medieval Pewter Spoon Group with Rose Marks
17th-18th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A group of pewter spoons, each a broad shallow bowl with chamfered rim, trapezoidal-section handle, stamped at the junction of bowl and handle with a rosette and crown bearing initials 'HK'; one with further stamped letters 'I K D'. 286 grams total, 18.1-18.9 cm
Acquired on the London art market prior to 1980. Private collection, Suffolk. -
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20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ovoid, fluted body with a narrow neck and a trefoil mouth, the handle formed as a nude youth grasping the tail of a lion resting on the rim. 543 grams, 11.3 cm
Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman.
