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SIX POTTERY FIGURES OF LADIES FIVE POTTERY MODELS OF ANIMALS
Sui/early Tang Dynasty Comprising a cockerel, hen and a boar, Han dynasty, all standing
A pair of standing lady musicians, one with a stringed instrument, upright; a grey model of a crouching pig, Northern Wei dynasty; a
the other blowing a set of pipes; a dancing lady swirling her long cream and green-glazed model of a monkey, Song/Yuan dynasty,
sleeves; a lady with a large scoop; and a smaller pair of kneeling lady all naturalistically depicted, one box.
musicians each playing the same wind instrument. The largest 26cm (10 2/8in) long. (6).
The tallest, 17cm (6 1/2in) high. (6).
£1,000 - 1,500
£2,000 - 3,000 CNY9,000 - 14,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
漢至元 陶製動物 一組五件
隋/唐早期 陶伎樂女俑 一組六件
See a related pottery model of a chicken illustrated by Wang Xueli, The
See related figures of dancers and musicians, Tang dynasty, Coloured Figurines in Yang Ling Mausoleum of Han in China, Xi’an,
excavated in 1972 from the tomb of Zheng Rentai, Liquan County, 1992, p.101.
Shaanxi Province, and now in the collection of the Shaanxi History
Museum, illustrated by C.Michaelson, Gilded Dragons: Buried
Treasures from China’s Golden Ages, London, 1999, no.39.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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