A POTTERY ZOOMORPHIC 'OWL' JAR AND COVER, A LARGE POTTERY...
The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A POTTERY ZOOMORPHIC 'OWL' JAR AND COVER, A LARGE POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG, A POTTERY MODEL OF AN OX AND A POTTERY MODEL OF A LADY
Han Dynasty
The grey pottery owl form jar with some red and cream painted detail remaining; the large terracotta dog wearing a harness, modelled with tightly curled upright tail; the grey pottery ox standing with the head lowered, with some red pigmented detailing; the pottery female modelled with flaring faceted robe and high coiffure.
The dog 35cm (13 3/4in) long. (5).
漢 鴟鴞形帶蓋陶罐, 陶犬, 陶牛及陶女俑
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The owl jar: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2004, no. 23.
The owl jar:
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C103q64 dated 30 July 2003, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
The owl vessel is similar to a piece illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, volume 3, part 1, p. 86, cat. no. 1097. A closely related figure may be found in Y. Lu, Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After-life, 1991, p. 99, cat. no. 57.
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The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A POTTERY ZOOMORPHIC 'OWL' JAR AND COVER, A LARGE POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG, A POTTERY MODEL OF AN OX AND A POTTERY MODEL OF A LADY
Han Dynasty
The grey pottery owl form jar with some red and cream painted detail remaining; the large terracotta dog wearing a harness, modelled with tightly curled upright tail; the grey pottery ox standing with the head lowered, with some red pigmented detailing; the pottery female modelled with flaring faceted robe and high coiffure.
The dog 35cm (13 3/4in) long. (5).
漢 鴟鴞形帶蓋陶罐, 陶犬, 陶牛及陶女俑
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The owl jar: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2004, no. 23.
The owl jar:
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C103q64 dated 30 July 2003, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
The owl vessel is similar to a piece illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, volume 3, part 1, p. 86, cat. no. 1097. A closely related figure may be found in Y. Lu, Spirit of Han: Ceramics for the After-life, 1991, p. 99, cat. no. 57.
