A RARE GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A LUNGING DOG

SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD

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A RARE GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A LUNGING DOG
Six Dynasties Period
The slender, muscular hound unusually modeled with neck and legs fully extended as it lunges forward in warning, the head simply modeled with hollow mouth open in a snarl and ears laid back, the tail flicked slightly to one side, with a mottled gray surface with earth encrustation
22in. (50.9cm.) long

Lot Essay

The size and pose of this dog are highly unusual, but the realism of the pose is consistent with the reproduction of movement seen in small gray pottery animals of late Eastern Han date, such as those found in the tomb of Dahuang, Hui Xian, Henan province, and illustrated by Wang-go Weng and Yang Boda, The Palace Museum: Peking, New York, 1982, p. 233, nos. 124-127

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 866c10 is consistent with the dating of this lot