Ancient Chinese, Han dynasty Terracotta A Very Fine and Rare Pair of Painted Pottery Birds - 20 cm

Our Guarantee: The above item is guarantee to be of the time period and condition as described, has been exported legally and is legal to buy and sell under all international lows to cultural patrimony. Fired in antiquity. Antique and Genuine items. Outstanding pottery "mingqi" representing a Outstanding Pair of Painted Pottery Birds. Gray earthenware coated with white slip and remains black and white, red, yellow, green, orange pigment. Han Dynasty (206BC - AD220) Good condition, much of the original pigment remaining. Wide 20 and 19 cm. Excavated from the tomb in Shaanxi province. - Provenance: Very important and old Belgium private collection, collected before 1995. with expressive curved heads and resting on squared bronze webbed feet, decorated with traces of red, yellow, green, brown, pink and white pigment, bronze feet form later date. Compare very similar pottery bird on sale by Van Der Ven Oriental art offer in their website for €4800, - the price is for only one piece. See photo # 35 - All items legal to buy/sell under The Netherlands covering cultural patrimony and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Condition: Wear, old, aged patina, oxidations. The bronze legs from later date, there are made to help the buyer to place the items in very comfortable way. Originally wooden or bronze legs which are long gone in the tomb. Very good, preserved condition. Please be advised the pieces are ca. 2000 years old. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. It will be professionally packed and safely send in a wooden crate by Fed. Ex. Buyers are responsible for import regulation and restrictions of their own country About us Becker Antiques is one of the most leading reputable antique dealers in the Netherlands. Becker Antiques is a name and place that speaks of excellent antiques and art, outstanding service, and worldwide expertise. Founded in 1969 by Jan Simon Becker, Becker Antiques is based in Museum quarter, Amsterdam Oud-Zuid, in a magnificent five-floor townhouse build 1891, at a few minutes from “Rijksmuseum” (National Museum of Art) , the Van Gogh Museum and the famous “Royal Concertgebouw”. Becker Antiques main field covers ceramics – pottery funerary figures (dated from the Han through the Ming dynasties) , Buddhist sculptures and other Chinese works of art. Our other sections are Asian works of art – concerns objects from Japan and Southeast Asian countries including bronze, stone and wooden sculptures, Chinese furniture from the Qing Dynasty and of course occasional other items. For the last 53 years we have been selling antiques to museums, private collectors, and dealers all over the world.