AN UNUSUAL GRAY POTTERY MODEL OF A WOMAN AT A WELLHEAD

NORTHERN WEI, SUI AND TANG DYNASTY FIGURES

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AN UNUSUAL GRAY POTTERY MODEL OF A WOMAN AT A WELLHEAD
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY

The woman shown standing on one foot on the shoulder of a drum-shaped wellhead, the other foot placed on the edge of the square opening as she braces herself to draw water from the well, her hands hollowed to hold the rope, with a jar waiting beside her to be filled, her robes incised with details and her hair drawn up into a double topknot
8¼in. (20.9cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Compare the similar model illustrated by R. L. Hobson in the Eumorfopoulos Collection Catalogue, vol. VI, London, 1928, pl. IX, F31

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766h96 is consistent with the dating of this lot