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LOT 2186
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Handprint Signature to Verso
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
11 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (5.8 kg, 29 x 29 cm).
Comprising an elaborate ogival niche, standing figure dressed in long robes and holding a drumstick in one hand and fly-whisk in the other, beside a small architectural frame for a musical instrument; handprint to reverse.
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2186
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Handprint Signature to Verso
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£44 (EUR 52; USD 60) +BP*
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Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterEstimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current 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 Han Style Terracotta Horse and Rider
19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Comprising a horse standing erect with arched neck, hole to the centre of the back to accept an attachment pin; separate hollow-formed rider figure with painted facial detailing. 3.35 kg total, 38 cm high
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Chinese Neolithic Painted Terracotta Jar
Neolithic Period, 3rd millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Piriform bodied with two loop handles and a trumpet-shaped mouth, upper body painted with zig-zag motifs and two medallions with hatched panels, a circumferential band of petals around the neck. 2.08 kg, 29.5 cm
Ex Hong Kong gentleman's collection.
