6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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A PAIR OF CHINESE MINIATURE BISCUIT SANCAI-GLAZED BUDDHIST LIONS, CIRCA 1725
modelled in mirror image, each standing four-square on a shaped base, the head raised and turned, brightly glazed in green and aubergine, 6.5cm high
Provenance: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Made in Imperial China, 76,000 pieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ca Mau Shipwreck, Circa 1725, 29 January 2007, lot no.33561
一对迷你素胎三彩狮，清代康熙时期（1662‑1722）
modelled in mirror image, each standing four-square on a shaped base, the head raised and turned, brightly glazed in green and aubergine, 6.5cm high
Provenance: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Made in Imperial China, 76,000 pieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ca Mau Shipwreck, Circa 1725, 29 January 2007, lot no.33561
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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