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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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