The Fine Sale, Auction 159 10th & 11th October 2018

139 1473 Byzantine bronze bowl, ca. 600 - 900 AD; Plain bowl made of single bronze sheet with some geometric patterns. ; 180 x 60 mm; Property of a private collector, aquired on the European art Market in the 1990s. £100 - £150 1474 Celtic Socketed Spearhead, ca. 800 BC; Good example of Bronze age wepaonry; intact, well preserved balde with long well shaped shaft; 180mm. Property of a Private London collector; previously acquired in teh 1990s £200 - £250 1475 Chinese Late Qing Dynasty Porcelain Bowl, ca. 1900 AD; 160mm; nice decoration and maker's marks? ; Property of a professional collector of Asian antiquities; acquired on European and Asian Art Markets in the 1970s- 1990s. £40 - £60 1476 Chinese Neolithic pot , ca. 3000 BC; finely made with bell shaped body; wide twin handles on each side; 110x100mm ; Property of a genetleman from Oxford, previously acquired on £80 - £120 1477 Chinese Quing Dynasty Gilded Abhaya Mudra Buddha, ca. 1800 AD; Large Sino-Tibet (Quing Dynasty) Buddha statue in Abhaya Mudra, the taking away of any worry (or do not fear) hand positioning.. Gilt bronze Buddha seated on cushions, wearing elaborate robes and jewelled necklaces, hair arranged in tight curls rising to a crown150mm; Property of a professional collector of Asian antiquities; acquired on European and Asian Art Markets in the 1970s- 1990s. £1000 - £1250 1478 Chinese Quing Dynasty Gilded Bronze Buddha , ca. 1800 AD; Large Sino-Tibet (Quing Dynasty) Buddha statue. Gilt bronze Buddha seated on cushions holding lotus in his hands, wearing elaborate robes and jewelled necklaces, hair arranged in tight curls rising to a crown; 230mm; Property of a professional collector of Asian antiquities; acquired on European and Asian Art Markets in the 1970s- 1990s. £1750 - £2250