Lot 49
49
A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY DOG
A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY DOG

HAN DYNASTY

Details
A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY DOG
Han Dynasty
The plumpish beast standing foursquare on stout legs wearing a collar and harness with a loop at the back, the head raised with an alert expression, ears pricked and mouth open in a bark, the olive-green glaze iridescent in places
13in. (33.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

For two similar green-glazed dogs dated to the Eastern Han, see R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 1994, vol. I, p. 75, nos. 95-96. Compare, also, one published by R. Lefebvre d'Argenc, Chinese Ceramics in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1967, p. 32, pl. XIB.