A pair of Luristan horse bit plaques, 8th century BC

lot 1 * (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

the galloping horse shaped plates with heads turned to the side, brown and green patina; mounted on a black plexiglas stand, 8 x 10cm (2) In ... read more

Sold for £280 More details 1  

A horse bit with two bronze bull side mounts, Luristan, circa 8th century BC

lot 2 * (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

the animals' heads with large crescent shape horns, loop terminals to the bit ends, on a plexiglas stand, 12cm long (2) In addition to the buyer's ... read more

Sold for £460 More details 2  

A decorated bronze dagger, late Spring and Autumn period

lot 3 * (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

the handle crisply cast on each side in openwork with a dense and complex pattern of interlaced stylised taotieh, the tapering blade with a ... read more

Sold for £460 More details 1  

A bronze 'HILL' censer and cover, Boshanlu, Shanlu Han dynasty (206 BC - AD 220)

lot 4 * (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

raised on a stem foot with openwork coiled dragon motif, upon a circular drip plate; the conical cover cast in openwork as mountains, with various ... read more

Estimated at £500 - £800 More details 1  

A belt plaque, Inner or Outer Mongolia, 2nd century BC-1st century AD

lot 5 * (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

depicting two men wrestling, their horses behind them, 6 x 10cm In addition to the buyer's premium of 27% (22.5% + VAT) payable on the Hammer ... read more

Estimated at £500 - £700 More details 1  

A pair of gilt-bronze Taotie masks fitted with loose ring handles, Han dynasty (206BC - AD220)

lot 6 * (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

finely detailed with protruding almond-shaped eyes, the down-turned nose suspending the loose ring, 17.5cm high overall (2) In addition to the ... read more

Sold for £440 More details 1  

A bronze ritual tripod food vessel Ding and cover, Yuan or early Ming dynasty

lot 7 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

raised on three baluster feet, two beast handles, the spherical body decorated with stylised waves, bearing a square panel with 16 character ... read more

Estimated at £400 - £800 More details 4  

A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of Vajrasattva, 19th or 20th century

lot 8 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

finely cast seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base, the right hand raised in karanamudra and originally holding the vajra, the elaborately ... read more

Sold for £200 More details 4  

A bronze figure of a bodhisattva, possibly Ming dynasty

lot 9 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

heavily cast and portrayed seated in dhyanasana, the left hand in vitakamudra and the right in dhyanamudra, dressed in loose robes open at the chest ... read more

Sold for £400 More details 4  

A painted pottery model of a horse, Han dynasty

lot 10 (The Asian Sale, 4th Apr, 2019)

the body boldly modelled with perforations to hold separately cast ears and legs, painted in red, black, blue and white, 32cm long

Sold for £200 More details 4