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LOT 2142
Chinese Han Style Bronze Animal Finial
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
2 3/8 in. (90 grams, 60 mm high).
Formed as the head of a fantastical creature, with bovine-like ears and eyes, bifurcated horns with erupting flowers, a lozenge in relief to its forehead and detailing to eyebrows and upper lip; hollow reverse with tapering rectangular lug.
ProvenanceAcquired 1980-1990s.
From a West Country collection.
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LOT 2142
Chinese Han Style Bronze Animal Finial
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Han Style Bronze Animal Finial
19th century A.D. or earlierEstimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Formed as the head of a fantastical creature, with bovine-like ears and eyes, bifurcated horns with erupting flowers, a lozenge in relief to its forehead and detailing to eyebrows and upper lip; hollow reverse with tapering rectangular lug. 90 grams, 60 mm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1980-1990s. From a West Country collection. -
Chinese Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha
Circa 20th century A.D.Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £970
Hollow-formed and sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais with left hand resting palm-upward in the lap to accept a bumpa vessel. 6.85 kg, 45 cm high
French collection, 1960s-early 2000s. From an important Paris gallery, France. with Ogotai (?) Auctions, Paris, France, 22 January 2016, lot 5. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11712-199349. -
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Seated Buddha
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais wearing a mantle uttariya with scrolled ornament, his right hand holding the stem of an utpala flower. 1.08 grams, 20 cm high
Fine condition.
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
