Lot Essay
These appear to be of a group with two pottery figures, one a boar and the other a horse, sold in these rooms December 1, 1988, lot nos. 187 and 188. The similarity of the spontaneous style of carving, that leaves the traces of the knife visible, to that of Han wooden figures found in the area of Wuwei, Gansu, suggests that these pottery figures, too, are from the northwestern regions. See the figures of oxen in Gansusheng bowuguan, Wuwei Handai mudiao (Han wood carvings from Wuwei), Beijing, 1984, pp. 9-12
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 666k76 is consistent with the dating of this lot
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 666k76 is consistent with the dating of this lot