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LOT 2054
Large Chinese Han Terracotta Dancer
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. OR LATER
17 3/4 in. (4.4 kg, 45 cm high).
Hollow-formed figure modelled in the round of a dancer wearing a cross-over jacket with bell sleeves hanging at her sides, hair drawn back and secured in a chignon.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
LiteratureSee Bower, V., From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M.Solomon in the Harvard Art Museum, Yale, 2002, for discussion.
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Large Chinese Han Terracotta Dancer
Han Dynasty, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. or laterSold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Hollow-formed figure modelled in the round of a dancer wearing a cross-over jacket with bell sleeves hanging at her sides, hair drawn back and secured in a chignon. 4.4 kg, 45 cm high
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s. -
Very Large Ban Chiang Period Painted Storage Jar
Middle Period, 900-300 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Large bulbus body with narrow shoulder, broad neck and everted mouth; two bands of painted ornament, intersecting scrolled tendril motifs reserved against a hatched field; some restoration. 7.7 kg, 43.5 cm
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. -
Large Chinese Green Stone Bi Disc
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £520
With a central hole; the disc sub-rectangular in cross section, gently tapering towards the outer edge; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 7.8 kg total, 50 cm diameter (65.5 cm including stand)
Ex Paris collection. French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
