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LOT 2269
Chinese Song Terracotta Dwarf Brick
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
8 in. (1.6 kg, 20.5 cm).
With high-relief figure of a robed male dwarf, painted detailing.
ProvenanceEx Hong Kong collection, 1980 onwards.
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LOT 2269
Chinese Song Terracotta Dwarf Brick
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Bitong Brush Washing Vessel
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Drum-shaped with enameled design to the sidewall of robed figures in a landscape. 1.23 grams, 15.6 cm high
Private collection, UK. -
Chinese Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour
1224 A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A complete suite of rectangular iron plates to form a protective coat; the plates provided with a series of holes close to the long edges by which they were laced together into articulating panels; one plate with inscription in Chinese script recording: 'first month of the Datong era / control of the propagation of Armour. Yanhui'. 8.5 kg total, 3-11.1 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. Accompanied by a positive archaeometallurgy report by Dr Brian Gilmour PhD, Dip Cons, FSA, FCIFA, FRMS. 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 a search certificate number no.12051-216403.
The Datong Era (大同, 1224–1233) is a name used for the reign of Puxian Wannu, a Jurchen warlord who established the Eastern Xia Dynasty in 13th century China. However, the war with the Jurchen states took more than 30 years: having first invaded the Jurchen borders in 1211, the Mongols finally defeated the Jin Empire only in 1234, while the Eastern Xia fell in 1246. -
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Tibetan Bronze Seated Buddha
19th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais wearing a mantle uttariya, his right hand holding the stem of an utpala flower, loop to reverse to accept a mandorla. 193 grams, 10.1 cm
Private collection, UK.
