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LOT 2168
Chinese Yuan Blue and White Peony Style Jar
CHINESE PROVINCIAL, 16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D.
7 1/4 in. (1.36 kg, 18.5 cm wide).
Provincial footed jar with a tapering, bulbous profile and a narrow, raised rim, featuring dense floral motifs.
ProvenanceEx Hong Kong gentleman's collection.
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LOT 2168
Chinese Yuan Blue and White Peony Style Jar
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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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. -
Chinese Song Terracotta Figural Tile
Song Dynasty, 960-1279 A.D. or laterEstimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
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From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990-2000. -
Japanese Bone Netsuke Group
Circa 19th-20th century A.D.Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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