NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (386-534)

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A DARK GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF AN OX
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (386-534)
Shown striding on a trapezoidal base, the head finely detailed with hair markings on the muzzle and fine creases around the large nostrils, small eyes framed by a halter applied with bosses, and small ears below short, ribbed horns, the body hollow-molded and realistically modelled with a hump, and a dewlap along the front of the broad chest
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 18 September 1997, lot 343.

Lot Essay

This figure is very similar to other published examples, both in private and public collections. See Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 10, Japan, 1982, p. 253, no. 275 for one in the Niigata Museum; U. Wiesner, Chinesische Keramick, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, 1988, p. 32, no. 8; J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics, the Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 26, no. 7; and E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from Han to T'ang, vol. II, Stamford, Connecticut, 1977, pl. 39.

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