6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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A CHINESE ARCHAIC PAINTED POTTERY RITUAL WINE VESSEL, BIANHU, WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (202BC-9AD)
of flattened oval shape raised on an oval spreading foot, the front and back face painted in white, red and green with an oval panel enclosing a tiger, applied at the shoulder with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, 23cm wide
Provenance: Christie's, 10 December 1998, lot 389.
一件彩绘陶扁壶，西汉（公元前202年－公元9年）
of flattened oval shape raised on an oval spreading foot, the front and back face painted in white, red and green with an oval panel enclosing a tiger, applied at the shoulder with a pair of taotie mask handles suspending fixed rings, 23cm wide
Provenance: Christie's, 10 December 1998, lot 389.
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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