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I guess I could spend a few hundred dollars having a thermoluminescence test done on this to validate the Han Dynasty claim but I have some doubts about the outcome. The pose and stance is not Han Dynasty. It is likely a Tang Dynasty…
Continue reading → - Item Number: S-6273
- Provenance/Origin: China. Tang Dynasty-style.
- Composition: Ceramic
- Dimensions: STATUE: 13.5" tall x 8.5" wide x 2.5" deep
- Weight: 5.5 pounds for statue and box
- Price: $ 495.00 USD
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Tomb panel were common in many dynasties. In the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 AD) these panels could be of two types: a wood panel craved in the tomb itself OR a stone panel that lined the walls or panels within the tomb. This one is…
Continue reading → - Item Number: O-1848
- Provenance/Origin: Song Dynasty. Shan Xi.
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 7.5" wide x 4.5" tall x 1.5" thick
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 338.00 USD
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Unearthed in Xi’an – capital of Shaanxi Province, central China – marking the eastern end of the Silk Road and home to the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties’ ruling houses. A detailed and rare fine for the Serious Collector of relics from the Tang Dynasty.
- Item Number: S-3793
- Provenance/Origin: Xi'an, Shan Xi Province
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 4" tall x 1.5" at widest point x 1" deep
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 125.00 USD
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In the 1860s, Greek field peasants unearthed hundreds of clay figurines in ancient graves near the town of Bratsi, in the region of Boeotia, 40+ miles north of Athens. The more they dug, the more they unearthed beautifully made small terracotta statues. They seemed to be…
Continue reading → - Item Number: S-3985
- Provenance/Origin: Boeotian Tanagra. Hellenistic Period.
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 11.5" tall x 3.25" wide x 3.5" deep
- Weight: 2 pounds
- Price: $ 1,250.00 USD
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The idea of a temple as a holy precinct, the meeting place of heaven and earth, is central to many of the world’s religions. Offering a wide-ranging study of sites of worship, from tomb-temples of ancient Egypt to the temple of Hephaistos in Athens, the Kaabah in Mecca…
Continue reading → - Item Number: R-1459
- Provenance/Origin: Paperback, 128 pages, 2012, new
- Dimensions: 8.25" x 6" format
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 16.00 USD
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Detail: This is styled after earth spirits circa 618 – 907 AD. These pottery tomb guardians usually had an animal’s body and face. This particular statue has a human face and the long spiky horn and stretched winds – supposedly making it extremely fearsome. Tomb guardians…
Continue reading → - Item Number: S-3370
- Provenance/Origin: China. Perhaps mid-1900's
- Composition: Clay pottery
- Dimensions: 12" tall x 4" wide x 5" deep
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 95.00 USD
