Lot Essay
The dating of this lot is consistent with the restult of the Oxford Thermoluminescence test, no. 866c4.
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HAN DYNASTY
Details
A green-glazed pottery model of a buffalo
Han dynasty
The sturdy animal standing squarely on cloven hooves supporting the long hollowed body, with long bony tail moulded between the rounded haunches and a raised hump between the poweful shoulder blades, the horned head moulded with the raised bands of a harness, the mouth agape, covered overall in a thin olive-green glaze with some iridescence, extremities retuck, some surface restoration
37.5 cm. long
Han dynasty
The sturdy animal standing squarely on cloven hooves supporting the long hollowed body, with long bony tail moulded between the rounded haunches and a raised hump between the poweful shoulder blades, the horned head moulded with the raised bands of a harness, the mouth agape, covered overall in a thin olive-green glaze with some iridescence, extremities retuck, some surface restoration
37.5 cm. long
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