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LOT 1978
Chinese Carved Stone Plaque
20TH CENTURY A.D.
2 1/4 in. (51 grams, 58 mm).
Pierced for attachment; advancing horse in a landscape to obverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-2015.
Ex Abelita family collection.
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Chinese Han Terracotta Attendant
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Ex The C. Roger Moss OBE collection.
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Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20th century A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Sitting nude on a lotus-flower base with openwork mandorla behind the tiered crown, bloom on the left arm curled around the wrist and two more emerging from the base bearing bodhisattva figures; hands in the teaching gesture (Dharmachakra Mudra), cabochon stud to the brow for the urna. 2.7 kg, 30.5 cm
Ex North West London, UK, collection, 1990-2000. -
Ban Chiang Period Painted Chalice
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Broad bowl with flared rim atop a trumpet-shaped base, all decorated with a dense series of interlocking spiral motifs. 2.6 kg, 27 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.
