A RARE PAINTED GREY POTTERY COCKEREL

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY

Details
A RARE PAINTED GREY POTTERY COCKEREL
northern wei dynasty
The body and head naturalistically modelled, with simplified large wings and tail feathers, the surface additionally cold-painted with traces of white and red pigments, some restoration
8 in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
Alfred and Ivy Clark, London, no.640

Exhibited
London, Oriental Ceramic Society, Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramic Figures, 1947, no.18.

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