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LOT 2109
Chinese Terracotta Zodiac Animal Group
YUAN DYNASTY, 1279-1368 A.D. OR LATER
4 - 4 1/4 in. (398 grams total, 10-11 cm).
Comprising a cow modelled reclining with stylised detailing, together with a coiled snake. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1980s-1990s.
From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
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Chinese Glass Warrior on Horseback Snuff Bottle, Signed Ye Zhongsan
Dated 1900-1910 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
The scene painted on the interior of one face, Chinese characters painted to the reverse, yellow cabochon to the lid. 75.6 grams, 92 mm high
Property of a lady, from her grandfather's collection, 1960s-1970s; thence by descent. -
Chinese Columnar Stone Seal with Beast
19th-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The cylindrical-bodied soapstone seal engraved with landscape scenes and characters within a roundel, dragon clutching flaming pearl finial carved in the round; seal to base formed as a flower head with central character. 697 grams, 15 cm high
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Gilt Burmese Buddhist Kammavaca Manuscript Group
Konbaung Dynasty, 18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Written in Pali in Burmese square script on gilded, lacquered and numbered palm leaves; each leaf is double-sided with the exception of one cover leaf which displays interlaced geometric panels populated with female figures, dragonesques and birds to one face; accompanied by an ornately decorated sword-shaped 'pointer', also gilded, possibly not belonging. 1.15 kg total, 29-56.5 cm
London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.
Kammavaca is a Pali term describing an assemblage of passages from the Tipitaka (the Theravada Buddhist canon) relating to ordination, the bestowing of robes and other rituals of monastic life. The texts typically contain religious instructions for monks. The piercings in the leaves are functional; each leaf was placed over a skewer (likely bamboo) when read.
