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EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
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A LARGE MOLDED GREY POTTERY FUNERARY ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
Crisply molded on one side with two tigers confronted on a bi, with two further tigers with backwards-turned heads flanking another bi in a panel on the top, a single tiger on one end, a rectangular aperture in the other end, and molded panels of repeating and alternating diamond and angular S-scroll pattern on the reverse
15 in. (38 cm.) high, 57½ in. (146 cm.) long, 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
Crisply molded on one side with two tigers confronted on a bi, with two further tigers with backwards-turned heads flanking another bi in a panel on the top, a single tiger on one end, a rectangular aperture in the other end, and molded panels of repeating and alternating diamond and angular S-scroll pattern on the reverse
15 in. (38 cm.) high, 57½ in. (146 cm.) long, 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
Provenance
C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris.
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1964.
J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 1964.
Literature
Olov Jansé, Briques et Objets Céramiques Funéraires de l'Epoque des Han, C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris, 1936, pl. XVIII (3a-c).
Exhibited
The Columbia University Exhibition of Three Thousand Years of the Ceramic Art and Ancient Sculpture of China, from the Sackler Collections, Low Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York, 11 November 1962 - 18 January 1963.
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