Lot 244 , Two rare Chinese Qingbai standing figures of musicians, Song dynasty (11th/12th century), 9 and 8.5cm high, slight faults

Two rare Chinese Qingbai standing figures of musicians, Song dynasty (11th/12th century), the first figure playing a flute, the second with hands held at chest height (instrument lacking), both with traces of iron-brown pigment to their hats and robes, unglazed canted square bases, 9 and 8.5cm high, slight faults
Estimate £100-150


Compare a similar figure of an official in the British Museum, London dated to the 11th century, museum number 1983,0729.2 which has a similar creamy yellow coloured glaze with iron-brown decoration and a canted square base.

Provenance: by family repute formerly in the Arthur Flynn collection, purchased from Bluett's before 1980.



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Sold for £200