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LOT 2040
Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar
3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
11 3/8 in. (2.1 kg, 29 cm high).
With everted neck and rim, rectangular-section loop handles, painted circles with reserved pellets and crosses between plain bands and swags, band and pendants to the inner rim.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
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LOT 2040
Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Painted Terracotta Neolithic Jar
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With biconvex profile, broad shoulder, short cylindrical neck with everted rim to the mouth; one broad loop handle to the equator and another to the shoulder; painted geometric motifs. 1.04 kg, 22 cm
North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Chinese Gilt Serpentine Dancer
Late 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A parcel-gilt carved statuette of a female dancer in active pose, wearing a long courtly robe; head and right arm repaired. 3.3 kg, 31.5 cm
Fine condition, repaired.
From a central London collection formed between 1990-2000. -
Large Chinese Wei Terracotta Soldier with Shield
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £598
Hollow-formed, modelled in the round, warrior wearing lamellar armour to chest, back and upper arms, helmet with side-flaps, padded skirt and broad leggings; left hand resting on a long hexagonal shield with midrib, right hand modelled open to accept a spear of shafted weapon. 1.4 kg, 31 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
