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LOT 2190
Chinese Han Style Bronze Dragon Turtle
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/2 in. (505 grams, 11.3cm wide).
Featuring a turtle's body and dragonesque head and paws, with a flame-like tail; oval vessel opening to apex.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1990s.
Ex West Country collection.
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LOT 2190
Chinese Han Style Bronze Dragon Turtle
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Diademed Marble Head
20th century A.D.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Comprising a youthful female modelled in the round with a floral diadem and veil on her copious hair. 13.8 kg, 33 cm
Fine condition. nose chipped.
French collection, 1990s-early 2000s. Ex Auction Art Remy, 6 April 2018, lot 181. From an important Paris gallery, France. Ex private Paris collection. -
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Large Chinese Tang Terracotta Polo Player
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,111
The horse modelled in the round galloping with a polo player in the saddle, poised to swing a mallet; the horse and rider with semi-naturalistic detailing, polychrome motifs to their garments and saddle cloth; mounted on a custom-made display base. 6.45 kg total, 57 cm long including stand
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990. Accompanied by an original thermoluminescence analysis report no.09CM260619 from Laboratory Kotalla. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.203484. -
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Chinese Song Ceramic Tile with Six-Armed Deity
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Seated on a lotus flower base within an oval-shaped recess. 4.8 kg, 28.5 x 28.5 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1970s. West Country, UK, collection.
