A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SWAN

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A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SWAN
HAN DYNASTY

The hollow-molded figure well painted in lavender, pale red, pale yellowish-green and white with feathers on the wings and more ornate and fanciful feathers on the long, graceful neck, the tail feathers spread in a trefoil and the top of the head pierced with a circular aperture, all of the decoration reserved on the dark gray pottery ground which creates the outlines between the various segments (small rim chips)
14½in. (36.8cm.) long

Lot Essay

Examples similar to the present lot appear to be unpublished. Compare a very similar pair of swans sold in these rooms, June 4, 1987, lot 130

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766h81 is consistent with the dating of this lot