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LOT 2066
Chinese Song Green-Glazed Dragon Granary Jar
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
18 3/4 in. (1.23 kg total, 47.5 cm).
Piriform in shape with piecrust collar to neck and slightly splayed foot; decorated with a medial frieze of applied figures standing above a collar, a sinuous dragon coiled around the neck, conical ribbed lid with flange rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, UK, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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. -
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Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Acquired from Bonhams, London, 18 October 2016, lot 91 (part). From a family collection of a North American gentleman living in the UK. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato. -
Chinese Wei Stone Statue
Northern Wei Dynasty, 386-534 A.D. or laterEstimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,750
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