Lot 27
27
A GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG

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A GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG
HAN DYNASTY

The sturdy dog standing foursquare with head facing forward, wearing a boss-studded collar and harness attached to a prominent loop at the back of the neck, the ears pricked and the tail tightly coiled, the details applied, impressed and incised, covered with a dark green glaze falling irregularly onto the knife-cut legs, some degrading of the glaze, crack to muzzle--12 3/8in. (31.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the dog of this type illustrated by Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Connecticut, 1977, vol. I, p.182 and vol. II, pl. 21, which the author identifies as a chow. Compare, also, the dog in the exhibition, Chinese Ceramics throughout China's History, Japan, 1984, Catalogue, no. 14

Sold in these rooms June 5, 1986, lot 90