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LOT 2323
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Seated Scholar
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
18 in. (8.15 kg, 46 cm).
With high-relief figure of a seated scholar in floor-length robe holding a wreath (or prayer beads) in his right hand, his bell-shaped sleeve covering his left arm resting on his knee; wearing a tight-fitting cap and with a neat vandyke beard.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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