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A pair of pale green glazed
221 funerary jars and covers
Song/Yuan period
222 With oviform bodies supporting tubular
88 | Bonhams tapering necks, the shoulders and necks with
applied carved decoration including a row of
Star Gods and Daoist figures, all beneath a
seated guardian beside deer and phoenix,
with the Green Dragon of the East on one
jar and the White Tiger of the West on the
other, the bulbous mouth with an applied
wavy border and four small loop handles,
the covers with crane finial and carved and
applied decoration, covered overall in a light
green glaze.
The tallest: 825cm (32 1/2in) high (4).

£700 - 1,200
CNY6,600 - 11,000 HK$8,300 - 14,000

Accompanied by a letter by Rose Kerr, when
curator of the Far Eastern collection at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1994.

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A green-glazed Buddhist
funerary jar and cover
Song to Yuan Dynasty
The globular earthenware body raised on a
short stem foot, with applied Buddhist motif
and shell moulded panels, the lid similarly
decorated, all covered in a green lead glaze.
34cm (13 3/8in) high (2).

£500 - 700
CNY4,700 - 6,600 HK$5,900 - 8,300

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A grey pottery figure of a sow
Han Dynasty
Naturalistically modelled standing on cloven
hooves, the head facing forward with her
mouth slightly agape, framed by floppy ears,
the tail curved to the left, her sagging belly
modelled with nipples, traces of red pigment.
At its widest: 33cm (13in) long

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY19,000 - 28,000 HK$24,000 - 35,000

Provenance
Christie’s Amsterdam, 20 November 2002,
lot 416.

Oxford Thermoluminescence test no.
C201d50, dated 17 January 2002, is
consistent with the dating of this lot.