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Friday 18 September 2015

Afternoon Session at 2:00 pm
(Lots 2290-2450)

                                                                               2291
                              PROPERTY FROM THE JANE AND LEOPOLD SWERGOLD COLLECTION

                              2290
                              A LARGE GREY POTTERY COLUMN
                              HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

                              The faceted column is decorated with scenes of chariots and
                              musicians, and is raised on a square support decorated with buildings,
                              and is surmounted by a square capital with a mask-form front.
                              47 in. (119.4 cm.) high

                              $3,000-5,000

                              PROVENANCE:

                              Flores, New York, 1998.

                              The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. C198g35
                              is consistent with the dating of this lot.

                              漢 灰陶柱

                              2291
                              A RARE PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED
                              ENTERTAINER
                              HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

                              The fgure is modeled with arms extended in an expressive gesture,
                              the face with a smiling expression and the mouth open as if speaking.
                              He wears a long robe and broad hat.
                              8 in. (22 cm.) high, black base

                              $3,000-5,000

                              PROVENANCE:

                              Christie’s New York, 16 September 1998, lot 333.

                              EXHIBITED:

                              Fairfeld Connecticut, Ballarmine Museum of Art, Fairfeld
                              University, Immortality of the Spirit, 12 March-7 June 2012.

2290                          The result of Oxford Authentication thermoluminescence test no. C198b86
                              is consistent with the dating of this lot.

                              漢 彩繪灰陶藝人俑
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