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A POTTERY MODEL OF A RECUMBENT CAMEL A CREAM-GLAZED TWO-HANDLED AMPHORA
Northern Qi or Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty
The recumbent animal with its legs folded under its body, the head The rounded ovoid body rising from a flat foot, surmounted by a tall
slightly turned left, the hair incised around the neck and the mane, waisted neck and everted lipped rim, flanked by a pair of curved
with a separate saddle. 35cm (13 3/4in) long (2). strap handles terminating in dragon heads biting the cup-shaped
rim, covered with a cream glaze stopping irregularly around the body,
£800 - 1,200 fitted box. 36.2cm (14 1/4in) high (2).
HK$6,800 - 10,000
CNY6,200 - 9,300 £1,000 - 1,500
HK$8,500 - 13,000
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no.C101h99, dated 20 CNY7,700 - 12,000
April 2001, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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Provenance AN AMBER GLAZED POTTERY EWER
Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, 2001, London, no.31 (21 Liao Dynasty
October 2001) The rounded body incised with leafy peony sprays, rising to a sloping
A distinguished English private collection shoulder decorated with a design of overlapping petals, and gently
tapering cylindrical neck with everted rim, the applied strap handle
330 moulded with a scrolling foliate design.
A FAHUA POTTERY FIGURE 21cm (8 1/4in) high
Ming Dynasty
The seated official wearing a tall hat and flowing robes with a square £2,000 - 3,000
badge beneath the high belt, covered with a thin glaze in various HK$17,000 - 25,000
hues of amber, brown and light-blue, with the exposed skin left CNY15,000 - 23,000
unglazed. 25.3cm (10in) high
£600 - 800
HK$5,100 - 6,800
CNY4,600 - 6,200

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