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A PAIR OF GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES OF STANDING
WARRIORS
Sui/early Tang Dynasty
269 Each standing wearing elaborate armoured robes and helmets, the
right hand held to the chest with an aperture for an implement, green,
red and black pigments remaining with areas of iridescence.
41cm (16.1/4in) high. (2).
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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF GUANDI £1,200 - 1,800
Ming Dynasty HK$12,000 - 19,000
The figure seated on a low plinth, in armoured robes, detailed with CNY11,000 - 16,000
floral and foliate panels, the hands resting at the waist and knee, the
face heightened in gilt and pigments. Provenance: Christie’s London, 11 December 1989, lot 75
26cm (10.1/4in) high.
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£1,500 - 2,000 A POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT LADY
HK$16,000 - 21,000 Tang Dynasty
CNY13,000 - 18,000 The figure modelled standing at ease wearing long, loose robes
gathered about the concealed hands, the round face with small
268 features and crowned with an elaborate hairstyle.
A BROWN-GLAZED INCENSE BURNER 35cm (13 3/4in) high
16th/17th century
The bombé-form vessel flanked with two moulded beast mask £800 - 1,200
handles, raised on a short foot rim and rising to a flared mouth, the HK$8,300 - 12,000
glaze in imitation of a bronze patina. 12cm (4 3/4in) wide CNY7,100 - 11,000
£800 - 1,200 Provenance: A Swedish private collection, acquired in the early 20th
HK$8,300 - 12,000 century
CNY7,100 - 11,000
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
For a very similar brown-glazed censer, dated Ming Dynasty, see no.C116n76 dated 24 October 2016, is consistent with the dating of
Sotheby’s London, 11 May 2016, lot 235. this lot.

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