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LOT 2052
Chinese Polished Green Stone Tool Collection
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
4 3/8 - 7 5/8 in. (880 grams total, 11.2 - 19.5 cm).
Comprising: a gouge with rounded cutting edge, axehead with pierced butt and spearhead with recessed neck. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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LOT 2052
Chinese Polished Green Stone Tool Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Chinese Qing Glazed Terracotta Female Figure
Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911 A.DEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Partly-glazed hollow-formed standing female with draped floor-length robes, holding a drum-shaped vessel; attachment points for earrings. 495 grams, 23.5 cm
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1990s. -
Thai Alabaster Buddha Touching the Earth
16th-17th century A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £234
Carved in the round seated on a lotus flower base, right hand in Bhumisparsha mudra. 3.07 kg, 25 cm high
Acquired 1970s onwards. Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK. Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK. -
Chinese Han Ceramic Tripod Vessel
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Piriform bodied with two opposed Tao Tie, each holding a free-running ring in its mouth, further decorated with a shallow incised dragon to one face and a figure holding a cup on the other, together with an inscription in Chinese; tripod feet formed as squatting animals; restoration to the rings and feet. 3.8 kg, 35.5 cm high
with Galerie Golconda May 2006. Ex private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence report no.11270306 from Laboratory Ralf Kotalla dated 5 May 2006.
Dragons in ancient Chinese art could be religious symbols, representatives of clans and creatures linking man to the spirit world. The Tao Tie often evoked mystery and beauty.
