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
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.