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LOT 2199
Chinese Song Terracotta Figural Tile
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
11 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (6.35 kg, 30 x 30 cm).
Rectangular with a shallow recess to the obverse containing a figural group: a single character to the right with right hand extended towards a standing facing figure and a second female figure behind.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990-2000.
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LOT 2199
Chinese Song Terracotta Figural Tile
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£80 (EUR 93; USD 108) +BP*
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Late 19th-early 20th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
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Private collection, UK. -
Chinese Song Terracotta Budai Brick
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With a high-relief figure of a robed male monk, with painted detailing. 1.6 kg, 20.5 cm
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1980 onwards.
Budai was a 10th-century monk, known for his laughing face and round stomach, and was named after the cloth sack that he carried under his arm. Buddhists believe him to be the incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, who helps common people in the mortal world. -
Chinese Tang Guardian Soldier Figure
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Modelled armoured and triumphantly trampling a creature beneath his feet, his helmet topped with a fierce-looking mythical bird, his right arm raised with clenched fist, the left placed defiantly on his hip; polygonal base below; remains of polychrome pigmentation. 4.35 kg, 54 cm high
From Maa Oriental Gallery, Bath, UK; and a West Country collection, 1990-2000.
