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LOT 2133
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Crouching Figure
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
16 1/2 in. (10 kg, 42 cm).
With high-relief image of a crouching figure wearing a paridhana loincloth and with ropework bracelets to his biceps and wrists; hair drawn up in a topknot, with grimacing facial features and bulging eyes.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Chinese Ming Glazed Figure
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 A.D. or laterEstimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Standing erect on a tiered square base, wearing a floor-length robe and with elaborately dressed hair, right hand at the waist supporting a wreath. 254 grams, 17 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1980-1990s. -
Chinese Tang Large Guardian Terracotta Warrior Figure
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterEstimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Modelled in the round fully armoured soldier wearing a breastplate, armguards, pauldrons and a distinctive headscarf (futou); the armour worn over a coat, closed by a belt, with flaring trousers; both hands held at waist high; traces of pigment to the surfaces. 5.2 kg, 58 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C118m95 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12455-226141. -
South East Asian Terracotta Head
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £20
With deep blue pigment to the tight curled hair, heavily lidded eyes, small mouth. 2.86 kg, 21 cm
From 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.
