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LOT 2152
Chinese Han Style Bronze Animal
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 3/4 in. (569 grams, 12.1 cm).
Formed as a crouching quadruped with stubby legs, large head with long pointed ears, prominent eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, wide open mouth with fangs; hollow-formed.
ProvenanceFrom a Cotswold, UK, collection, 1980-1990s.
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LOT 2152
Chinese Han Style Bronze Animal
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Ex UK auction house. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Large Chinese Decorated Porcelain Bowl Pair
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Decorated with a polychrome frieze of scalloped cartouches displaying birds perched amongst fruiting vegetation, insects in the field, repeated around the neck with flowering plants alternating with cartouches depicting birds amongst vegetation; interior with gilt roundel to base with floral spray, three plants around. 4.9 kg total, 35.5 cm wide
From a UK private collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11717-198623.
