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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 Bronze Guardian Figures
17th century A.D.Estimate: £2,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Each hollow-formed and wearing long robes and a tall headdress; one depicting Buddha sitting on a Buddhistic lion, the other the goddess Quan Yin sitting on a mythical fish. 335 grams total, 70 mm each
Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995. with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003. Property of a London based academic, 2003-present. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12456-226029. -
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Armoured Warrior
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £117
With arched recess, high-relief figure wearing a cuirass with right arm bent and hand clenched in a fist, left hand supporting a shield with mandorla motif. 3.7 kg, 29 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
South East Asian Sawankhalok Glazed Decorated Vase
Thai, circa early 14th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With raised mouth, broad shoulder and tapering sidewall, stepped base; radiating petals to shoulder, trees to sidewall reserved against a brown field; old dealer's label to underside. 105 grams, 64 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.