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LOT 2183
Chinese Tang Attendant Figure
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. OR LATER
8 3/4 in. (490 grams, 22.4 cm).
Hollow-form figure modelled standing and dressed in long garments tied at the waist, wearing a tall headgear.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990-2000.
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LOT 2183
Chinese Tang Attendant Figure
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£50 (EUR 58; USD 68) +BP*
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19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
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Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterEstimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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Chinese Tang Guardian Soldier Figure
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterEstimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Modelled armoured and triumphantly trampling a creature beneath his feet, his helmet topped with a fierce-looking mythical bird, his right arm raised with clenched fist, the left placed defiantly on his hip; polygonal base below; remains of polychrome pigmentation. 4.35 kg, 54 cm high
From Maa Oriental Gallery, Bath, UK; and a West Country collection, 1990-2000.
