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LOT 2075
Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar
3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 in. (1.9 kg, 30 cm).
With flared rim and two loop handles, bands of painted ornament to the shoulders.
ProvenanceEx UK collection, acquired in the 1990s.
From the property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Chinese Tang Terracotta Court Lady Pair
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Estimate: £3,200 - 4,200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,700
Each hollow-formed, standing on an integral polygonal base and dressed in a loose-fitting floor length robe with V-shaped opening at the neck, chignon, dressed hair, painted facial detailing; cloud-slippers protruding at the base; painted pigmentation remaining, including some decorative patterns on the clothes. 7.65 kg total, 49.5 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C124a5 from Oxford Authentication for one of the figures. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12096-213519. -
Very Large Chinese Neolithic Painted Vessel
3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
With tiered piriform body, two lateral rectangular loop handles below the equator, the upper body painted with ovals filled with various geometric motifs and hatched lines within plain bands, bulb to the neck with single loop handle and neck with everted rim. 11.25 kg, 56 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Chinese Qing Glazed Female Figure
Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911 A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Hollow-formed ceramic figure of a lady holding a palmette fan to her head in her left hand, right hand inside the long sleeve of her chang'ao on her hip, buttoned at the front and worm with a saah below the bust; domed base. 445 grams, 22.5 cm high
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1990s.
