Lot Essay
Animal-form vessels of this type excavated from Western and Eastern Jin tombs have been published in Kaogu 1955:5, pp. 43-49, pl. 14, no. 7; Wenwu 1957:9, p. 80 and Kaogu 1965: 4, pl. 210, fig. 2, no. 1.
EASTERN JIN DYNASTY
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A YUEYAO MODEL OF A RECUMBENT RAM
Eastern Jin Dynasty
Solidly modeled with long slender legs bent under the full, rounded body to act as supports, with wings incised on the flanks, and with a circular aperture in the top of the head, covered overall with a finely crackled glaze of gray-green tone
5in. (14cm.) long
Eastern Jin Dynasty
Solidly modeled with long slender legs bent under the full, rounded body to act as supports, with wings incised on the flanks, and with a circular aperture in the top of the head, covered overall with a finely crackled glaze of gray-green tone
5in. (14cm.) long