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LOT 2421
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Floral Lid
20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (148 grams, 74 mm).
Discoid in plan with running tendril to the side, lid carved with foliage and flowers on a hatched field. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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LOT 2421
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Bronze Trinket Box with Floral Lid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Chinese Song Glazed Comb Decorated Bowl
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A pale blue-green glazed ceramic bowl with everted rim and shallow foot, decorative lines to the inner face minor chips to the rim. 297 grams, 17.7 cm wide
From the private family collection of Ersula Barter-Hemmerich, the longest serving member of staff working at the United Nations, her private collection formed in the 1950s and 1960s; thence by descent to her grandson. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Chinese Northern Wei Terracotta Standing Figure
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Wearing an ankle-length robe and pillar-box cap, right arm raised, with separately modelled hand and head; left arm within a copious sleeve. 4.7 kg, 48 cm
Fine condition.
Property of a North London gentleman; formerly in the Cheuk family collection, Hong Kong, 1990s. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Jar Group
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Comprising: two bulbous jars with painted flowers and tendrils; a piriform jar with trumpet-shaped mouth and painted floral decoration. 493 grams total, 83-95 mm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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.
