A CHINESE HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD) PAINTED POTTERY TOMB F...

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£100 - £150

A CHINESE HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-220 AD) PAINTED POTTERY TOMB FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT, A TANG DYNASTY (618-907 AD) POTTERY TOMB FIGURE OF A COURT LADY, A NEOLITHIC TERRACOTTA JAR AND A TANG DYNASTY AMBER GLAZED OVIFORM JAR. The standing figure of an attendant with facial details and tunic picked out in red, white and black pigment, holding aloft his right hand, 25.5cm high, the court lady standing with her hands clasped at her chest, with her hair in high top knot, with traces of pigment, on a perspex stand, 34cm high exc. stand, the terracotta jar with flared neck and compressed body and rounded base 8cm high, the oviform amber glazed jar 14.7cm high (4)

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The Han Dynasty figure of an attendant - cracked and restuck through neck and right ankle, some typical surface wear and flaking to pigment.
Court Lady - cracked and repaired around neck, to side of body, around waist and clasped hands, some areas of old in-filling to cracks, base also cracked across one corner and repaired, some remnants of pigment although the majority has flaked, some chipping and surface deterioration overall.
Neolithic jar - minor chipping to upper rim, surface scratching to base, typical surface wear overall.
Amber glazed jar - the amber is overfired and is brown in tone, with light chipping to upper rim, some typical glaze crazing, minute losses to glaze and surface wear.