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LOT 2324
Chinese Han Style Terracotta Dancer
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. OR LATER
19 3/4 in. (4.25 kg, 50 cm).
Wearing a floor-length robe with flared hem, hands extended inside long sleeves with heater-shaped finials, centre-parted hair; traces of pigment to the collar, cap and elsewhere; some restoration.
ProvenanceAcquired from a gallery in Hong Kong.
Private collection, Hong Kong, acquired in the 1990s.
Private collection, London, acquired in the 2000s.
Accompanied by an original of a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C125k82 by Oxford Authentication.
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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Chinese Pair of Terracotta Han Tomb Doors
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Matched pair of doors, each a substantial rectangular block with mounting holes to the upper and lower faces; the obverse divided into three decorated panels by borders with impressed lattice patterns: above - outer columns of comas-shaped motifs, inner rows of bird, tree and goose motifs; centre - 4x4 grid of comma motifs flanking ring-handles mounted on beast-mask panels; below - outer columns of comma motifs enclosing alternating rosette and concentric rings. 145 kg total, 116.5 x 37.5 x 11.5 - 116.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm
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Massive Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Plate
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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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. -
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Ex Nagel Auction, with official Tek Sing Treasure labels to verso. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Tek Sing shipwreck. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter.
