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LOT 2343
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Traveller
SONG DYNASTY, 960-1279 A.D. OR LATER
10 1/2 in. (3.5 kg, 27 cm wide).
Showing a bearded traveller walking over a double-arched bridge, holding luggage over his left shoulder, with foliage behind; the scene enclosed in a roundel with raised edge.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2343
Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Traveller
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Chinese Tang Glazed Dish
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £91
Broad profile with light blue glaze, low basal ring. 173 grams, 15 cm
Ex W.C. collection, UK. -
Ban Chiang Period Painted Terracotta Chalice
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Red-on-buff chalice with flared rim, globular body and wide pedestal base; surface decorated with horizontal bands of curvilinear geometric patterns and vertical strokes to the shoulder. 871 grams, 17 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. -
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Timor Ancestral Property Marker
Mid 20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £143
With drum-shaped head and tapering upper body, incised circular eyes and slit mouth; diagonal line to the chest indicating a cloak; band of high-relief triangular panels to the lower body; mounted on a wooden plaque; from Indonesia. 1.16 kg total, 21 cm high including stand
Ex Welsh country estate, 1960s-1970s. Acquired from Mark Davis of Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. From the 30-year-old sculpture collection of N. Churchill, Pembrokeshire, South-West Wales, UK. Property of Mr A.B., an American collector.
