An Unusual Grey Pottery Duck-Form Vessel

WARRING STATES PERIOD/HAN DYNASTY

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An Unusual Grey Pottery Duck-Form Vessel
Warring States Period/Han Dynasty
Hollow molded as a recumbent duck or water bird with long, curved neck, broad, flat bill, bulbous eyes and a circular aperture in the top of the head, with some traces of pigment
13in. (33cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the pair of vessels of this form with their stoppers, included in the exhibition, Animals and animal designs in Chinese art, Eskenazi, New York, 24 March - 4 April 1998, no. 11.

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C199n88 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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