Lot 427
  • 427

A GROUP OF 'YUE' FIGURES TANG DYNASTY

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

comprising: a lion seated on a lotus base; a seated lion; a figure of Guanyin; a horse standing four-square; and a sea-horse, all covered in an olive-green glaze

Provenance

Sidney L. Moss, London (seated lion, according to label).

Exhibited

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 24 (lion on base), 25 (seated lion), 44 (Guanyin), 43 (horse) and 45 (sea-horse).

Condition

Left on catalogue image: shallow chip to one side of nose 0.6 cm long. Minor glaze chip to the belly. Left-center on catalogue image: fine condition, with tiny chip to the foot. Center on catalogue image: fine condition, with glaze pull on proper left side of seat 0.5 cm. UV light showed fluorescence on small area of the base. Right-center on catalogue image: Proper right ear restored. Right on catalogue image: Chip on proper left ear.
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