TANG/LIAO DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL PAIR OF GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY LION-FORM WEIGHTS OR RATTLES
TANG/LIAO DYNASTY, 10TH-11TH CENTURY
Each hollow and molded on top with a recumbent lion with fierce expression, covered with a green glaze falling in an irregular line towards the flat base to expose the buff ware, with a small loose ball of clay in the hollow interior
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) long (2)

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1999.

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Lot Essay

The shape and design of these rattles may derive from earlier bronze weights. One such example in the form of a coiled feline dated to the later Han dynasty (25-221 AD) is illustrated in Arts of the Han Dynasty, Chinese Art Society of America, Asia House, New York, February - March 1961, p. 38, no. 58.

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