NORTHERN QI DYNASTY

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A painted grey pottery model of an ox
Northern Qi Dynasty
Well modelled figure of an ox with head facing up and forward, the ears projecting below the curved upright horns, the scored harness decorated with large circular gilt bosses and hung by gilt medallions, covered in white slib, and red-brick pigment, some restoration
37 cm. high

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Lot Essay

For a similar example see J.C.Y. Watt, China, Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 12 , 2004 - January 23, 2005, p. 246

The dating of this lot is consistent with the result of the Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test number.

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