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LOT 2056
Chinese Qing Glazed Terracotta Female Figure
QING DYNASTY, 1644-1911 A.D
9 1/4 in. (495 grams, 23.5 cm).
Partly-glazed hollow-formed standing female with draped floor-length robes, holding a drum-shaped vessel; attachment points for earrings.
ProvenanceEx Hong Kong collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2056
Chinese Qing Glazed Terracotta Female Figure
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (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. -
Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Jar
3rd-2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
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. 2.1 kg, 29 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s. -
Chinese Han Gilded Bronze Sword Pommel with Jade
Han Dynasty, 2nd century B.C.-1st century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £9,100
Comprising a discoid body and cylindrical socket pierced twice for attachment (one piercing occluded); a circumferential zoomorphic frieze in high-relief to the exterior, displaying a procession of vegetal forms alternating with real and mythical creatures, each with stylised anatomical detailing: a monkey; a fenghuang; a leopard (or other feline); a tiger; set with a moonstone-quality khotain jade roundel, carved in high-relief with two sinuous fantastical beasts, swirling clouds in the field; minor restoration. 387 grams, 76 mm
Some restoration, very good condition.
Acquired from Dandelion Fine Arts, Hollywood Road, Hong Kong, 1970s. Ex Prof. David Anderson collection. UK private collection, circa 2010. Accompanied by a copy of metallurgic analytical results, written by metallurgist Dr Peter Northover (ex Department of Materials, Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group & Department of Materials, University of Oxford). Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12036-211774.
The Khotain jade was the best 'moonstone' quality used for gilded-bronzes, and came from the White Jade River, available after the signature of a military treaty in about 69BC to 101AD. This object is believed to have been produced for a notable client, likely even for a royal given the item's similarity to a finial excavated from the tomb of a Prince of Zhongshan.
