A Sino-Tibetan bronze figure of a bodhisattva on buffalo, Qing DynastyThe figure modelled playing a pipe, the buffalo standing four square with head slightly raised, 14cm long, together with a Chinese bronze opium pipe, the bowl modelled as a pixiu, it's extended tail forming the tapering stem, 24cm long. (2)
Part of a Herefordshire Country House EstateFootnote: Provenance:Part of a Herefordshire Country House Estate. Believed acquired by Chief Engineer Herbert Harris, stationed at Wei-Hai-Wei dockyards in 1911, thence by descent to the vendor. Harris had seen previous service with HMS Inflexible with the Mediterranean Fleet, 1891, and HMS Terpsichore at the Cape of Good Hope, 1904.