And i had assumed they are clearly oriental, but i assumed they were chinese. But could they be japanese maybe . They are chinese, not japanese at all, and the type of pottery these are called sansei glazes or threecolor glazes with the white pottery, the green, and this sort of honey color. So theyre purporting to be chinese pottery models, an equestrian and a lady attendant, dating from the tang dynasty, 618 to 907 a. D. I personally have no doubt that these are genuine pieces from the tang dynasty. Ive seen and handled quite a lot of them which are proven to be genuine, and these have all the right features, the right style of glazes. Also the provenance. These have been in europe for quite a long time. We can see the head has been broken off here. All of the legs here have been broken through. Theres a flake of restoration there. Her head has been broken off. They are kind of a bit of a wreck, shall we say. They clearly are not modern copies out of china. Im delighted to hear what
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There is sometimes a tendency to say that everything we put on a manifesto and everything we believed in the last four years has got to go. Wrong in my view. And coming, all the latest tech and gadgets, with tech and gadgets, with click at 12. 30. A Senior Commander in irans revolutionary guards says he takes full responsibility for the shooting down of a ukrainian passenger plane in tehran. Amir Ali Hajizadeh said that the boeing 737 was misidentified as a cruise missile. 176 people died in the accidentjust hours after iran had fired missiles at American Military bases in iraq. Flight data was lost with the aircraft shortly after it took off from tehrans International Airport on wednesday. Lets take a closer look at the timeline of events that morning. We know iran fired missiles at two us bases at 2. 30 am local time. Less than four hours later, the Ukraine International Airlines Flight took off. Within six minutes, communication had been lost with the aircraft. Rich preston reports.
Debenhams has begun closing 19 of its stores as part of plans to try to secure its future. In another blow to the high street, mothercare will stop trading today, with the loss of 2,800 jobs. Our business correspondent, emma simpson has more. From kirkcaldy in fife, and wolverhampton, to Walton Upon Thames in surrey, debenhams is pulling out. Not much left for bargain hunters, though. 50 stores are to go, the first wave this month, the rest in 2021, a restructuring to save the rest of the business. This is altrincham, one of six to close today. Once our generation is gone, in another30 years, therell be no shops. We used to buy quite a lot of stuff from there. Yeah, very sad, and i feel for the staff as well. Debenhams has been struggling for yea rs, debenhams has been struggling for years, weighed down with debt and falling sales. It did a restructuring deal to cut costs and close its worst performing shops. This year is make or break. For mothercare the challenges were too great. It
Society to drift back and allow division to grow. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers broadcaster, Lynn Faulds Wood, and the journalist and commentator, anne ashworth. Good evening. Senior members of the royal family, including the queen, will meet on monday to discuss the future for prince harry and meghan. It follows their decision, announced last week, to step back from their prominent roles in the royal family. The summit will take place at the queens sandringham residence in norfolk, and is expected to look at a range of possibilities. The issue of funding is expected to play a central role. Meghan is in canada. Its likely, though not certain, that she willjoin the conversation by phone. Our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, gave us a few more details about mondays meeting. I think officials have a better, not complete, idea of what they want and a range of possibilities will be suggested and a reality check perhaps for the sussex and they ho