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LOT 2154
Chinese Wei Terracotta Female Attendant Figure
NORTHERN WEI, 386-534 A.D. OR LATER
12 1/2 in. (1.19 kg, 31.5 cm).
Unglazed female figure modelled in the half-round, dressed in long robes with her hands held inside the wide sleeves, rounded face with stylised detailing; plain dorsal pillar.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 2154
Chinese Wei Terracotta Female Attendant Figure
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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Chinese Tang Large Guardian Terracotta Warrior Figure
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D. or laterEstimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Modelled in the round fully armoured soldier wearing a breastplate, armguards, pauldrons and a distinctive headscarf (futou); the armour worn over a coat, closed by a belt, with flaring trousers; both hands held at waist high; traces of pigment to the surfaces. 5.2 kg, 58 cm
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C118m95 from Oxford Authentication. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12455-226141. -
South East Asian Stone and Other Terracotta Artefact Group
1st millennium B.C. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including head with cap, small dog and other types, some on a ceramic base. 647 grams total, 2.8-11 cm including stand
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. -
Massive Hoi An Shipwreck Glazed Blue and White Dish
15th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
With polychrome floral motifs to the inner walls and petal design to the outer walls, a large central floral motif enclosed by trailing tendrils and leaves. 2.5 kg, 34.5 cm
Ex Butterfield and Butterfield auction with official Hoi An Hoard labels. Accompanied by an illustrated information sheet about the Hoi An shipwreck.
In the mid 15th century a freighting junk loaded with fine Vietnamese pottery sank in an area of the South China Sea called the 'Dragon’s Embrace.' This vessel is part of the shipwreck cargo recovered off the coast of Vietnam at Hoi An. The ceramics themselves were probably made in the area of Chu Dau.
