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A Chinese Jian type black glazed tea bowl, of conical form
with flaring sides slightly bulging below the rim, applied on the 167
exterior and interior with a black glaze mottled with streaks A set of two Sancai-glazed stacking quatre-lobed dishes,
evoking, pooling in an uneven line issuing two thick drops above Liao Dynasty (907-1125), with applied and moulded flowers
the base revealing a dark reddish-brown body, the rim left to the exterior, 14.5cm (2)
unglazed, date unknown, 10.7cm diameter 167
辽 三彩盘一对
黑釉兔毫盏
£400-600
£1,000-1,500
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168
165 A Chinese sancai pottery tray of twelve-sided
A Chinese ingot-form pillow, Song dynasty, fluted form, 19th century, unusually modelled
12 century, covered with an olive-brown with the twelve animals of the zodiac, 27.3 cm
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glaze and incised with a butterfly on the top, diameter
with Japanese label underneath, 15.9 cm long
x 9 cm wide x 9 cm high Provenance:
Formerly in a Scandinavian private collection.
Provenance:
Formerly from a private Japanese collection. 清十九世纪 三彩十二生肖香插
拍品来源：北欧私人收藏
宋 绿釉瓷枕
拍品来源：日本私人收藏 £300-400

£400-600
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An attractive Chinese Sancai-glazed model of a ram, its four limbs tucked
underneath its body and a horned head looking straight ahead in alert
position, with vibrant mottled green, ochre and brown glazes, the ram
approximately 12.8cm long x 6cm high, wood stand
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A good Chinese sancai pottery pillow, Provenance: From the collection of the late Jean Jardine Johnstone Keswick
Northern Song - Jin dynasty, 12 -13 century, (1885-1977) and by family descent. Jean Keswick lived in Hong Kong as far
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carved on the curved rectangular top with back as the 19th century, and was part of the business dynasty of Scottish
peony flowers and leaves, all four sides origin associated with the Far East region since 1855, and in particular the
moulded with recumbent water buffalo on conglomerate Jardine Matheson.
lotus flowers on a flower head and geometric
ground, the base unglazed, 16.2 cm long x 8.9 The ram (yang) was an important animal in ancient China, especially to
cm deep, Japanese wood box the nomads to whom it provided both wool and meat. It is also one of the
twelve animals of the Chinese lunar calendar. Its homophone ‘yang’ is very
Provenance: auspicious; referring to both the sun and the masculine or positive principle in
Formerly from a private Japanese collection. nature (yin/yang), hence the ram came to represent both meanings.

北宋-金 三彩瓷枕 三彩羊 169
拍品来源：日本私人收藏 拍品来源：英国Jean Jardine Johnstone Keswick (1885-1977) 家族私人收
藏，其曾于晚清时居于香港
£700-900
166 £200-300

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