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三/四世紀 越窯豬圈 及 隋/唐 陶製農具 各一

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2002, no.34 (the pigpen).

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，
編號34（越窯豬圈）

See a related green-glazed pigpen, Western Jin dynasty, illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
Porcelain of the Jin and Tang Dynasties, Hong Kong, 1996, p.37,
no.33. See also a green-glazed farmyard with a similar tilt-hammer,
Han dynasty, illustrated by R.Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the
Meiyintang Collection, vol.1, London, 1994, p.68, no.81.
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A DOCUMENTARY MARBLE FIGURE OF A LOKAPALA
Dated by inscription to the Eighth Year of the Eastern Wei Dynasty
(550 AD) and of the period
The guardian figure standing on a lotus base over a rectangular plinth,
clad in long flowing robes tied at the waist with a loose sash, the
pugnacious expression of his face defined by bulging eyes and raised
eyebrows, his right hand positioned and hollowed to hold a halberd.
27.5cm (10 6/8in) high.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

東魏 理石雕天王像
「武定八年」楷書刻款

The inscription may be read as ‘武定八年二月八日 賈安民 為身眷屬
造玉像一軀 息祖囗楊尊’, which may be translated as ‘8th day of the
second month of the eighth year of the Wuding Era (corresponding to
550 AD), Jia Anming made [this statue] for the Yang family’.

See a related marble sculpture of dvarapala of similar height, Northern
Qi and Northern Zhou dynasties (550-581), illustrated by O.Siren,
Chinese Sculpture from the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century, Bangkok,
1998, pl.250A.
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A RARE LARGE STEATITE BOX AND COVER
Tang Dynasty
Of circular form with slightly thickened sides, the box base on a broad 58
foot, the cover gently domed, the lustrous stone of mottled beige,
green and cream, fitted box. 19cm (7 1/2in) diam. (3).

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

唐 石雕蓋盒

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2010, no.96.

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2010年，
編號96

For a similar steatite box and cover containing small cups, see
R.Imamura, Osaka Exchange Exhibition: Paintings from the Abe
Collection and other Masterpieces of Chinese Art, San Francisco,
1970, pp.166-167, no.115. See also a steatite box (without cover),
in the Longmen Museum, Zhengzhou, 2005, no.192, where it is
asserted that in view of the other objects unearthed from the same
site, this stone was only used for making very precious objects during
the Tang dynasty.
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