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A Chinese blue and white floral dish Qianlong period (1736-1795) Decorated to the centre with flower vases resting on a leaf and large flowers, surrounded by composite floral bands at the café-au-lait-glazed rim. Diam. 37.8 cm * Condition report available upon request
A Northeast Indian, Pala style, phyllite stone stele with the pendant legged crowned Buddha 10th/11th century Shown seated on a throne with both feet resting on a lotus and with the Wheel of Life flanked by a pair of deer below, both hands in dharmachakramudra, wearing pleated cloak, modern head, flanked by Maitreya and Padmapani, a pair of stupas above and a parasol at the centre of the backslab, below a lengthy inscription, including the Buddhist Creed, in a fine nagari script. H. 61 cm Provenance: - Christie's Amsterdam, 18 October 2005, lot 35 - Private collection, the Netherlands Note: For a study for this type of representation of Buddha please refer to: Nicolas Revire. The Enthroned Buddha in Majesty : an Iconological Study. Religions. Université Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. English. According to Dr Rajat Sanyal of the University of Calcutta, the inscription on te pedestal may refer to Taintadigrāma (modern Tetrawan), and donated by the son of a Pādamūlika (day-labourer) who was 'born in' Tetrawan in Bihar. For more information please refer to: Nicolas Revire & Rajat Sanyal, "Three Inscribed Early Medieval Images from Bihar: New Evidence on the Identity of Tentadīgrāma as Tetrawan", 2021, Journal of Bengal Art, Vol. 26 (Dedicated to Claudine Bautze-Picron), 2021, pp. 579-596. * Condition report available upon request
A Chinese blue and white floral dish Qianlong period (1736-1795) Decorated to the centre with flower vases resting on a leaf and large flowers, surrounded by composite floral bands at the café-au-lait-glazed rim. Diam. 37.8 cm * Condition report available upon request
Seven storage vessels 19th/20th Century A green glazed and a brown Martaban, together with two earthenware and three metal jars. H. 42 - 58.9 cm (7x) * Condition report available upon request
A Chinese blue and white floral dish Qianlong period (1736-1795) Decorated to the centre with flower vases resting on a leaf and large flowers, surrounded by composite floral bands at the café-au-lait-glazed rim. Diam. 37.8 cm * Condition report available upon request
A pair of Indonesian djati wood chairs Possibly 18th century Each with robustly foliate-carved frame with openworked back with spindle-turned supports, a caned seat above spirally-turned legs joined by conforming stretchers. H. 91.1 x W. 51.7 x D. 54.1 cm (seat height 40 cm) (2x) * Condition report available upon request
A Chinese blue and white floral dish Qianlong period (1736-1795) Decorated to the centre with flower vases resting on a leaf and large flowers, surrounded by composite floral bands at the café-au-lait-glazed rim. Diam. 37.8 cm * Condition report available upon request
Two Chinese pottery vessels The first Majioyao culture, 3rd millennium BC, the second Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) The first jar painted with anthropomorhic patterns, the second of grey pottery and with facetted sides. H. 33 / 45 cm (2x) * Condition report available upon request
A Chinese blue and white floral dish Qianlong period (1736-1795) Decorated to the centre with flower vases resting on a leaf and large flowers, surrounded by composite floral bands at the café-au-lait-glazed rim. Diam. 37.8 cm * Condition report available upon request
A huali four-part desk Late Qing dynasty Of rectangular form, the four separate sections comprised of a larger central floating panel with four drawers over two shallow cabinets each with drawer, raised on square-section legs terminating in hoof-form feet with latticework in between, with foot rest. H. 84 x W. 139 x D. 70 cm * Condition report available upon request
A Chinese blue and white floral dish Qianlong period (1736-1795) Decorated to the centre with flower vases resting on a leaf and large flo