AN UNUSUAL OLIVE-BROWN-GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURE OF A BIRD

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AN UNUSUAL OLIVE-BROWN-GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURE OF A BIRD
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY

Solidly modeled as a bird with raised wings and partially fanned tail, its head lifted and detailed with a short beak below nostrils, small eyes and small ears, standing on a solid base, covered overall with a glaze of olive-brown tone suffused with brown speckling and fine crackle, the glaze beginning to iridesce where pooled between the wings and the body
4in. (10.2cm.) long