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LOT 2103
Chinese Stone Tray with Calligraphy
20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 x 9 1/4 in. (2.13 kg, 38 x 23.5 cm).
The rectangular tray carved from a mottled green soapstone and decorated with bamboo shoots and a panel of a calligraphic poem and a large signature seal. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePreviously with John Eskenazi, London (with label).
Ex London gallery stock.
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Chinese Han Ceramic Tripod Vessel
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £265
Piriform bodied with two opposed Tao Tie, each holding a free-running ring in its mouth, further decorated with a shallow incised dragon to one face and a figure holding a cup on the other, together with an inscription in Chinese; tripod feet formed as squatting animals; restoration to the rings and feet. 3.8 kg, 35.5 cm high
with Galerie Golconda May 2006. Ex private collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence report no.11270306 from Laboratory Ralf Kotalla dated 5 May 2006.
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Northern Sumatran Bone Calendar Collection
Batak, mid 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Group of eight plaques, seven with incised calendrical grid to the obverse and aquatic scene to the reverse with a lobster and reptile and symbols in the field; one with scene of two millipedes to the obverse and reptiles to the reverse. 287 grams total, 12.2-14 cm
Ex central London gallery. -
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Large Chinese Tang Bronze 'Pagoda' Reliquary Stupa
Tang to Liao Dynasty, circa 907-1125 A.D. or laterEstimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
With three-tiered square and stepped base showing bodhi leaves, flaming jewels and foliage tendrils respectively, surmounted by a pierced frieze, each side depicting a seated Buddha flanked by standing figures and clouds; with triple pitched and hipped roof elements rising above pierced wall panels; in turn all surmounted by a column with five graduated discs affixed and terminating in a four-lobed lamniform element. 4.9 kg, 59 cm
Fine condition.
Acquired 1960s to early 1970s. ‘Buckingham Collection’, the late Nik Douglas (1944-2012), renowned author, curator and Asian art expert.
