PROPERTY FROM THE HARDY COLLECTION FROM THE SZE YUAN TANG
A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY HU

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A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY HU
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY

Painted in pale, milky shades of orangy-red, green and cream with two wide bands of sweeping scrolls below a band of scroll-filled blades on the waisted neck, all within linear borders repeated on the flared mouth and pedestal foot, minor rim chips; together with a small Han type black pottery fragment molded with figures, repaired
14¼in. (36.2cm.) high; 4½in. (11.3cm.) across (2)