A MOLDED GREY POTTERY RECTANGULAR TILE

EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)

Details

A MOLDED GREY POTTERY RECTANGULAR TILE
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
One side molded with three pictorial bands of repeating images alternating with two bands of diamonds, the upper band with dragons with heads turned towards each other across a pendent bi that joins their bodies; the middle band with hunting scenes; and the bottom band with striding tigers, all within hatchured borders
14 x 41½ in. (35.5 x 105.5 cm.), stand

Provenance

C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris.
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1965.

Literature

Olov Jansé, Briques et Objets Céramiques Funéraires de l'Epoque des Han, C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris, 1936, pl. XIII (3).

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Lot Essay

A grey pottery tile of the same size with the same stamped decoration in The Cleveland Museum of Art, was included in the exhibition, Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 10 February - 10 April 1988, no. 9.

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