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Asian Art Auction

Thu, Apr 28, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 41

Four Early Chinese Pottery Figures

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

possibly Han dynasty, three earthenware funerary figures and bird, each with polychrome accents, largest 11-1/2 in.

Note: A thermoluminescence test for one of the figures completed by ASA Laboratories in Paris, France accompanies this lot. The analysis conclusion was that this figure was likely from the Han period, 206 BC to 220 AD.

Provenance: Private Georgia Collection

Condition

chipping, flaking, visible wear, loss of polychrome, felt pad added to bottom of one figure

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