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LOT 2151
Chinese Neolithic Painted Ceramic Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (2 kg, 32 cm).
Piriform bodied with a painted frieze of concentric roundels with hatched centres to the upper body; loop handles to the equator.
ProvenanceEx Bath, Avon, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Chinese Han Style Bronze Bear Finial
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
In a seated position, one leg drawn up beside its body with left paw resting upon it, the other pushed out to the side of its body, the right paw resting upon it, large head with gaping mouth exposing teeth and tongue, pricked ears and bulging eyes, sagging breasts resting atop the creature's pot-belly, incised fur detailing and a short tail to the reverse; hollow-formed. 135 grams, 58 mm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1980-1990s. From a West Country collection. -
Chinese Song Glazed Ceramic Bowl
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £72
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From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Figure
19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Hollow-formed and sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais, cradling a vessel in his left hand and touching the earth with his right hand in the Bhumisparsha mudra at the instant of his enlightenment. 1.5 kg, 22 cm high
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
