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LOT 2624
Satsuma Miniature Gilt Ceramic Vase Group
EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
3 5/8 in. (123 grams total, 92 mm each).
One fusiform with painted scene of courtly ladies kneeling, artistic images on display, reserved gilt chop-seal to underside; one conical with outdoor scenes of richly dressed ladies and gentlemen beside a lake. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s.
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Chinese Han Terracotta Sleeping Dog
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Hollow-form figure of a guardian dog with a stocky body, the head resting on its forepaws. 118 grams, 12.4 cm
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Chinese Song Terracotta Tile with Handprint Signature to Verso
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Opening Bid: £56
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Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Chinese Purple-Splashed Ceramic Bowl
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Well potted with slightly rounded sides rising from the foot to a flared mouth rim; the interior harmoniously decorated with three purple and lavender oval splashes of similar size and position, the blue glaze suffused with fine bubbles and a light network of crackles, thinning to a light mushroom tone at the rim, the area around the foot and the foot itself are unglazed. 106 grams, 95 mm
South German family collection, acquired on the Bavarian art market. Formerly collection of the German diplomat Ernst A. Voretzsch (1868-1965), consul in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Hankow, from 1928 to 1933.
A charming and excellently preserved example of Jun ware.