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A VERY RARE GREY-GREEN-GLAZED PORCELANEOUS FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT MYTHICAL CREATURE

CHINA, PROBABLY TANG DYNASTY

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A VERY RARE GREY-GREEN-GLAZED PORCELANEOUS FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT MYTHICAL CREATURE
CHINA, PROBABLY TANG DYNASTY
Probably Changsha kilns, the hollow figure modeled as a recumbent beast with long muzzle with incised markings, bulging eyes, single horn between the pricked ears, incised mane, and hoofed feet, covered with a crackle-suffused glaze of greyish-olive color splashed in dark green
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) wide, wood stand

Provenance

The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1995.

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Lot Essay

Compare a Changsha ware reclining animal dating to the Tang dynasty, in the Guilin Museum, and illustrated by Bai Zhang, Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol. 10, Beijing, 2008, no. 87.

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