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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
A HARDWOOD FIGURE OF SHAKYAMUNI
BUDDHA
LATE QING DYNASTY – REPUBLICAN
PERIOD
carved seated in vajraparyankasana, the right hand extended in
bhumisparshamudra and the left in dhyanamudra
12.3 cm, 4⅞ in.
HK$ 3,000-4,000
US$ 400-550
清末至民國 木雕釋迦牟尼佛坐像

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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION
A BROWN-SPLASHED FIGURE OF A TIGER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY
the recumbent animal with its head turned backwards,
with incised details, covered in a transparent glaze liberally
splashed in russet-brown
14 cm, 5½ in.
EXHIBITED
In Pursuit of Antiquities: Thirty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition of
the Min Chiu Society, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong,
1995, cat. no. 108.
HK$ 40,000-60,000
US$ 5,100-7,700

北宋 灑褐斑釉臥虎
展覽：
《好古敏求－敏求精舍三十五週年紀念展》，香港藝術
館，香港，1995年，編號108

See a figure of a tortoise and snake and one of a stork perched
on rocks in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, illustrated
in Brian McElney, Inaugural Exhibition Volume 1, Chinese
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Ceramics, Bath, 1993, nos 65 and 67. The aforementioned
examples, attributed to the Northern Song dynasty, were also
executed in a similar brown-splashed glaze. See also a figure of
a hen and another of a dog belonging to the same group, sold
in these rooms, 30th November/1st December 2017, lot 468.
巴斯東亞藝術博物館藏兩例北宋動物瓷塑作品，錄於
Brian McElney，《Inaugural Exhibition Volume 1,
Chinese Ceramics》，巴斯，1993年，編號65及67，器
表均施與本品相似之褐斑釉。另比同組兩件灑褐斑釉陶犬
及瑞雞，售於香港蘇富比2017年11月30至12月1日，編
號468。

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