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LOT 2377
Ordos Bronze Deer Statue
4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
3 in. (56 grams total, 77 mm total height).
Hollow-formed with U-section body and tubular neck; separate head with swept ears. [2]
ProvenanceEx Shinya Tagava, Honcho, Tokyo, Japan, pre-1986.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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Chinese Vung Tau Wreck Porcelain
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Chinese Tang Terracotta Mounted Soldier Pair
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 A.D.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,100
Group of two terracotta figures, each a mounted warrior wearing a riding coat with scooped shoulder-protection and a lion-mask hood, arms bent and hands positioned to hold reins (absent); horse in static pose with head turned; painted detailing to horse's bridle and to tunic and hood. 14.25 kg total, 53.5 cm high each
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 2000s. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.32CM180321 by Laboratory Kotalla for one figure. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12565-231128. This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
