A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN GLAZED AND UNGLAZED POTTERY ANIMALS Han...
The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN GLAZED AND UNGLAZED POTTERY ANIMALS
Han to Tang Dynasty
Comprising: a green glazed cockerel; a straw glazed ram; an amber glazed ram; a yellow glazed smaller cockerel; a cream and green glazed toad; an unglazed hound; a pair of unglazed hounds; a pair of amber glazed hounds, fitted box; and a grey pottery seated hound.
The tallest 13.5cm (5 1/4in) high (12).
漢至唐 陶動物 一組十一件
Provenance: the frog and two unglazed hounds with integral bases: Louise Hawley Stone (1904-1997) collection (label).
The grey pottery hound:
Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C104r19, 27 August 2004, is consistent with a Han Dynasty dating
For a similar grey pottery hound see R.D. Jacobsen, Celestial Horses and Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture, 2013, p. 132.
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The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN GLAZED AND UNGLAZED POTTERY ANIMALS
Han to Tang Dynasty
Comprising: a green glazed cockerel; a straw glazed ram; an amber glazed ram; a yellow glazed smaller cockerel; a cream and green glazed toad; an unglazed hound; a pair of unglazed hounds; a pair of amber glazed hounds, fitted box; and a grey pottery seated hound.
The tallest 13.5cm (5 1/4in) high (12).
漢至唐 陶動物 一組十一件
Provenance: the frog and two unglazed hounds with integral bases: Louise Hawley Stone (1904-1997) collection (label).
The grey pottery hound:
Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C104r19, 27 August 2004, is consistent with a Han Dynasty dating
For a similar grey pottery hound see R.D. Jacobsen, Celestial Horses and Long Sleeve Dancers: The David W. Dewey Collection of Ancient Chinese Tomb Sculpture, 2013, p. 132.
