HAN DYNASTY

Details

A RARE GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY MODEL OF A WALLED COMPOUND
Han Dynasty
The stepped, roofed walls of the square compound with an entry on one side leading into a bamboo grove surrounding a building with a tiled roof, with a figure seated in a relaxed position at the corner near the open door, each of the four, small upper windows with its single shutter raised to let out warm air, covered overall with a glaze of deep leaf-green tone continuing under the foot rim to partially cover the flat base
10¼in. (26cm.) square

Literature

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics I: Neolithic to Liao, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 32

Lot Essay

No other comparable model appears to have been published

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c73 is consistent with the dating of this lot