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LOT 2346
Chinese Neolithic Pottery Frog Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
12 1/2 in. (2.7 kg, 32 cm).
Piriform bodied and painted with a figurative frog design; two loop handles to the equator.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Chinese Ming Horse and Rider
Late Ming Dynasty, 17th century A.D. or laterEstimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Unglazed ceramic figure of horse and rider; the horse standing on a rectangular base with brown bridle and green harness; female rider in flared riding coat with right hand within a long sleeve held at the chest, left arm extended; with speckled effect across the surface; separate head. 2.6 kg, 35.5 cm high
Ex Cotswold, UK, collection, 1970-1990. -
Chinese Stone Statue Head
1st millennium A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carved in the round human head with open mouth and small lentoid eyes, irregular headdress. 1.9 kg, 16.7 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. -
Hoi An Cargo Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Bowl Pair
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Both with a bell-shaped body and low foot; painted petals radiating from the basal ring, the insides with simple decoration. 244 grams total, 85 mm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
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.
