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Antiquities — Philips Auctions Australia
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| Number of lots recorded: | 75 |
| Lots with images: | 75 |
| Prices available: | 75 |
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | A pre Tang Dynasty horse on a pedestal, circa 200AD. In a prancing position, raised on two legs with remnant colour pigmentation and earth detritus present, with verification certificate from the University of Wollongong. Height 56.5 cm. Length 53 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese terracotta female figures. Sui Dynasty, 589-618 AD. Two female attendants in traditional attire with remnant earth detritus and colour pigmentation present. With Thermoluminescence laboratory Authenticity report from the University of… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese terracotta horse. Tang Dynasty. With saddle and saddle cloth standing on a solid plinth, one foot in motion its head and neck twisted. With remnant earth detritus and pigmentation present. With Thermoluminescence laboratory Authenticity report… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Southern song porcelain Granary. Song Dynasty (960-1269), the architectural model depicting a small storage granary complete with both a removable tapering roof and doorway all mounted upon a circular base and glazed in a translucent bluish… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese terracotta kneeling figure, circa Han/Tang Dynasty.350 AD. Female figure in traditional robe, arms outstretched with one palm open the other down, with remnant pigmentation and earth detritus, with authenticity report from the University of… | *** |  |
| *** | A characterful Longquan celadon bowl with a timber stand, probably Sung Dynasty, the bowl of collapsed form with a series of fine radiating ribs and raised on a short unglazed foot rim, glazed underside, with kiln grit and glaze, distortions, provenance… | *** |  |
| *** | A Jizhou Ware bowl, Southern song Dynasty (12th-13th century), a low conical bowl with a small circular foot having a horizontal mould line to the interior of the collar and a slightly ogee shaped rim, decorated externally with a mottled tiger's fur glaze… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese bronze coin, Tang/Song Dynasty (618-1279) the central square aperture surrounded by mythical creatures in four divided sections, the obverse with ancient characters (Yong An) and gilt remains, in ACCA (Asian Coin Certification Authority) cover… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Egyptian wood and gesso falcons, emblematic of 'Sokar', late Ptolemaic period 525-332 BC; provenance lower Delta, representative of the mortuary god with remnant green, black and pink painted colours; with certificate of authenticity from… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese cloisonne lidded bowl. 9th century, the body set with gilt highlighted flowers, clouds and vines on a sky blue ground, the lid set with archaic dragons and geometric symbols on yellow ground. Height 12 cm. Diameter 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon fish dish, song Dynasty, 960-1279, the low form dish with a flattened rim and raised on a small circular foot, having a gently lobed exterior and a raised motif of two goldfish centrally, in a yellow ochre infused celadon satin glaze.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese red pottery model of an ox, Han Dynasty (206 Bc-Ad 220), the robust beast depicted standing four-square, with a humped back, head projecting forward, bulging annular eyes, closed mouth, and a curled tail, with traces of white pigment, the right… | *** |  |
| *** | A song / Jin Dynasty celadon bowl, 11th-12th century, the crackle glazed body with deep flared sides decorated to the interior with incised petal design. Standing a rim foot with unglazed underside. Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 21 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Egyptian painted wood and gesso Ushabti, circa late period, 600-300 period; provenance Abusir-Sakkara Region, of typical mummy form, and featuring a scarab beetle with outstretched wings and remnant hieroglyphic text, upon a rectangular base; with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Longquan celadon 'Kinuta' mallet vase, probably late song to early Yuan Dynasty the fine mallet-shaped vase, well-potted in two halves with a cylindrical body rising from a low foot rim to a canted shoulder sweeping up to a tall gently tapering neck,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese Pottery attendant figures, possibly Northern Qi, Tang Dynasty, 6-7th century. The standing figures of two attendants wearing long sleeve tunics fastened at the waist, one with a tall peaked hat, with remining traces of white and red pigments.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Tang Dynasty terracotta horse. Tang Dynasty 618-907 AD Riderless, in a walking position with alert expression to face and ears, with draping saddle cloth and knopped tail tied with a bow. Together with, thermoluminescence report by University of… | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Chinese celadon bowls. Song Dynasty 960-1279, the flared sides with pinched rims decorated to the interior with scrolling clouds standing on circular rim foot. Notes cracks to both bowls. Height 7 cm diameters 16.5 cm., 17 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Han Dynasty glazed stoneware Tomb vase 1st century B.C-220A.D., the flared rim and waisted neck above the ovoid body, a pair of small loop handles to the shoulder, bands of incised geometric decoration below the rim and to the neck, incised… | *** |  |
| *** | A song type Qingbai bowl, a delicate conical bowl in an ice blue glaze featuring stylised flower heads and tendrils in low relief to six radiating reserves, raised on a small foot ring, height 7 cm, diameter 22.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration with a double phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with scale like patterns interspersed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration with a double phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with scale like patterns interspersed… | *** |  |
| *** | A Qingbai bowl, a lobed bowl in ice blue green colour in the Southern song style, with eight, slender vertical ribs to the interior, and centred with sgraffito motifs, unglazed base and footrim, height 7.5 cm diameter 22 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese song-style glazed earthenware jar, possibly of the period (12th century), globular body with four squared loop handles around the shoulder, the thin glaze falling just short of the foot. Height 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck dish, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow low form bowl with underglaze blue decoration featuring a double phoenix in a garden setting to the centre, the cavetto embellished with scale like patterns… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese hanging scroll, Republic period onwards, in the manner of song Wen Zhi (1919-1999), on paper mounted on white cream and beige patterned silk, and depicting villages on the shores of a lake setting during the spring blossom season, with script… | *** |  |
| *** | A Mayan painted earthenware vessel, Honduras, 600-900 A.D., the neck above the globular body, with applied details, modelled as a fantastic creature (with descriptive card from Kramer Arte Primitivo, Buenos Aires). Height 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Mesopotamian Cuneiform clay tablet, possibly 2,800-1,700BC period. the small rectangular tablet of baked clay with incised cuneiform inscriptions throughout. Length 9.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Gnathia ware red-figure Kantharos. Apulia, circa 4th century B.C. The typical form kantharos raised on a tall pedestal foot, with a pair of high-swung handles extending above the lip of the pot, each side decorated with a profile female head to left,… | *** |  |
| *** | A song Ware style bowl, possibly Northern song Dynasty, 960-1127, the deep bowl raised on a circular foot with light incised foliage designs to the interior and spur marks to the centre, with much age related crackle, the cream glaze upon pale clay… | *** |  |
| *** | A Persian late iron Age vase, circa 600 BC, the bulbous body with flared rim and single handle decorated with later incised geometric border. Height 32 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pre-Columbian moche (Peru) painted earthenware vessel, in the form of an owl, with typical Moche tubular handle (with receipt from Kramer, Buenos Aires). Height 21.5 cm. Length 19 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pre-Columbian COCL' (Panama) painted earthenware rattle bowl, 800-1500 A.D., the circular bowl on three feet, decorated all over in red and black earth pigments, the interior with a stylized figure of a man (with receipt from Kramer, Buenos Aires).… | *** |  |
| *** | A pre-Columbian NARIðO Culture painted earthenware vessel. 800-1500. Circular, the flared rim and short neck above the squat body with a sharp chine to the waist, painted with geometric designs in earth pigments over incised outlines. Height 17.5 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Roman glass flask, antique, BC, a small globular vase with a long neck and an everted rim, in pale green colours with metallic iridescence, height 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A small Chinese Qingbai teapot, the lobed pear shaped form with a slender spout and a scrolled handle having a small embellishment to the thumb spur, typically decorated in a thin ice blue glaze. Height 9.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese white glazed Porcelaneous vase, tang to song Dynasty, a quatrefoil shaped baluster vase with a conforming rim and base, with lion and ring lug handles to the neck, heavily potted and with a thick creamy white glaze, unglazed to the footrim,… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Neolithic style stone axe head, the variegated stone carved to both sides with primitive decoration in low relief and incised with inscriptions in columns, length 28 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Two Chinese 'Warring States' period stoneware bowls, 5th-3rd century B.C., of identical circular design, the exterior of each with fine impressed lattice (fabric weave) decoration. Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 9 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Qingbai mould-decorated bowl, Apparently Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) pale grey-blue glazed, the rim unglazed, the centre press-moulded with a roundel with two fish, the sides divided into segments with raised lines of slip. Height 4.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | A Filipino earthenware pottery vase, 14th century, the bulbous body set with twist handles and incised floral decoration. Height 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck bowl, circa 1608, Wanli period, the Swatow bowl with now absent overglaze decoration to the exterior and interior, centred by an underglaze blue image of a crane in a water garden within concentric blue rings,… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four Continential porcelain figurines, the female artist in Roman robes at her easel by Treibner, Ens & Eckert, circa 1880; a figural group,' the Proposal' by Frankenthal 1780-1793 (some losses); a parian ware group 'Bacchanalian putti' by… | *** |  |
| *** | An Egyptian Predynastic Wavy-Handled jar on stand, late Naqada III period, circa 3,200 B.C. The slightly tapering marl clay jar of almost cylindrical form, with pushed-up continuous scalloped band in relief, above a slightly concave neck, wide mouth and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Longquan celadon-glazed baluster jar, apparently late Southern song/Yuan Dynasty (13th/14th century), the body incised with stylized foliate designs above and a band of overlapping petals. Height 21.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese celadon dish, song Dynasty, 960-1279 of low bowl form with a flattened rim, a rounded lip and raised on a small circular foot, with a satin glaze in turquoise infused celadon. Height 4 cm. Diameter 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Han Dynasty green earthenware vase, 206BC - 220AD, the flared lip above bulbous body set with triple bands. Height 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pre-Columbian Sauce Culture (Bolivia) painted earthenware handled vessel 0-300A.D., in the stylized form of a man with moulded and painted decoration, a loop handle to the back (with receipt from Kramer Arte Primitivo, Buenos Aires). Height 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A small Chinese Ru Ware dish, possibly Northern song Dynasty, 960-1127, the simple flower shaped dish with an everted scalloped rim, a lightly incised ring below the rim with a cream glaze having a hint of celadon over pale clay; base unglazed and with… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Roman pottery lamp, 4th to 5th century AD, with certification, the petite terracotta lamp of traditional teardrop shape with two apertures and a small handle, relief decoration around the rim; certificate of authenticity issued by Max Harris,… | *** |  |
| *** | Two small antique glass flasks, Roman and other, 1st century A.D and after, a compressed flask with a slender cylindrical neck and flattened rim, having an iridised finish, and a petite bottle vase with seven nodules to the body, the former with original… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese bronze ritual cup, Zhou Dynasty, circa 4th century BC, the bell shaped cup with a flaring rim and high set looping handles, decorated with an archaistic silk worm frieze surmounted by a border of dragons in triangles, the waisted foot… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ding-Ware covered jar, liao/early song Dynasty (10th-11th century), with four flattened loop handles around the shoulder, the slightly lobed body divided with lightly impressed vertical lines, the white glaze falling short of the foot. Height 15… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese blue and white plate, late Ming Dynasty (1368-1643), the interior decorated with cranes among flowers surrounded by cartouches of floral sprays. Diameter 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Ming Dynasty Binh Thuan shipwreck bowl, circa 1608, Wanli period, of rice bowl form having a decorative motif within concentric blue circles to the well, and a deep freely decorated underglaze patterned and leafy border to the external rim, with… | *** |  |
| *** | An ancient Chinese lidded water pot. In, the style of Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC), the squat water vessel with short spout decorated with incised patterns and relief dragon forms surmounted with a zoomorphic face shaped lid. Height 25 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | An archaic bronze tripod ritual food vessel, Ding, in the Warring States period style, the ding of compressed globular form, the unadorned rounded sides divided by a raised fillet, flanked by a pair of upright handles, missing its cover, on tripod cast… | *** |  |
| *** | An Egyptian Ushabti, circa 21st Dynasty, 1069-945 B.C, of typical mummy form with a tripartite wig, and holding agricultural implements, a panel of hieroglyphics to the front of the body, with remnant black and iron red colours, repair to lower body; with… | *** |  |
| *** | An Egyptian green glazed Ushabti, circa 21st Dynasty, 1069-945 B.C, of typical mummy form with black glazed details to the front and maroon colours to the reverse; rejoined to upper body; with certificate of authenticity from Re-Entombed Galleries | *** |  |
| *** | A Tiahuanaco culture painted earthenware vessel, Bolivia, circa 700A.D., the flattened globular body with cylindrical neck painted with stylized designs to the neck and shoulder on the all-over red ground, the body with raised points to both sides (with… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese Yuan-style Qingbai stoneware bowl. grey-green glazed, the interior decorated in white with birds in flight between of geometric and floral bands, birds also to the exterior. Height 6.5 cm. Diameter 14 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | A Gnathia Ware Skyphos. Apulia, circa 4th century B.C. The typical form two-handled skyphos wine-cup on low flanged base, decorated with grape vine, tongues, dotted and with wavy bands, in added red, white, and yellow. Height 9 cm, width 13.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Greek Gnathian ware Olpe with round mouth. 4th century B.C. The ovoid plain body olpe tapering to an everted round rim with raised handle on a circular base with concentric rings, with label to the underside. Height 15.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Apulian pottery stemless Kylix, circa 350-300 B.C. The kylix or wine-drinking cup of traditional broad and shallow form with horizontal handles disposed symmetrically, decorated in red-figure to the tondo with a portrait profile, with remnants of a… | *** |  |
| *** | A late Roman / Byzantine Pottery oil lamp. Levant, c. 400-600 A.D. The oil lamp of round flat body with spout, with concentric bands and shallow groove around the central filler hole, now very much worn, some encrustation and overall surface wear and… | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese green glazed Pottery jar, possibly Han Dynasty the jar of ovoid form with a short neck, moulded in relief to the shoulders with a band of wild animals and equestrian hunters bounding over waves, between two ring bands, the underside unglazed.… | *** |  |
| *** | A small antique Chinese earthenware vessel, Han Dynasty, 206BC-220AD, attributed, of oval shape raised on a conforming base with flattened side wings; with a timber display stand. Height 4 cm length 10 cm. Width 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Peruvian pottery figure, circa 1000-4000 AD, the figure from the Chancay culture depicts a stylised figure with a raised definition. Height 16 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Two pieces of Chinese Yaozhou style Greenwares, Emulating the greenwares of the song Dynasty, a baluster vase with a trumpet neck and an oval ewer of similar form with a strap handle, both with overlapping leaf borders to the base and collar and… | *** |  |
| *** | A small Chinese Qingbai porcelain bowl, the white porcelain bowl of delicately lobed form, lightly incised with floral forms to the interior, raised on a petite foot ring, height 6 cm, diameter 13 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Museum copy of an antique Roman terracotta head, the model of a female head with coiffed hair tied with bands, upon a wooden display stand and bearing a lead disk, 'Hand made, Museum copy', height 17 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four Chinese ceramic items, bowls and dishes, comprising a blue and tan catfish plate of traditional design; an antique blue and white plate with a figural landscape scene set within a scrolling and insect decorated border, with four character… | *** |  |
| *** | An Art Deco French glass vase, circa: 1930s, France ovoid shaped vase with a cascading narrow neck, deep acid etched body highlighting three stylized swallows in flight, acid etched monogram mark BC to base. Height 24 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A small Chinese blue and white vessel, late Ming Dynasty (16th/early 17th century), with a small applied spout and loops to the shoulder, white-grey glazed with blue floral decoration. Height 9.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Chinese storage jar, the Jin Dynasty style ovoid jar with a waisted neck and four loop handles, in a mottled cream and sage green glaze. Height 18.5 cm. | *** |  |