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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
A STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
Details
A STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The hollow figure is modelled as a dog standing foursquare, its head tilted up with ears pricked, the mouth agape exposing the tongue and fangs, wearing a harness with stamped decorations, covered overall with a finely crackled glaze of pale amber tone.
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) long, box
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The hollow figure is modelled as a dog standing foursquare, its head tilted up with ears pricked, the mouth agape exposing the tongue and fangs, wearing a harness with stamped decorations, covered overall with a finely crackled glaze of pale amber tone.
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Yangdetang Collection, acquired before 1985
Literature
Tan Dan-jiong, History of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 1, Taipei, 1985, p. 36
Exhibited
National Museum of History, The Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics of Eight Dynasties, Taipei, 1987, Catalogue, p. 18