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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION
A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
Details
A GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
The hollow figure is naturalistically modelled as a recumbent dog with its head tilted upwards, the mouth agape exposing the tongue and fangs, covered with a finely crackled green glaze with a silverish iridescent patina. The underside and interior are unglazed exposing the reddish-brown body.
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high, box
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
The hollow figure is naturalistically modelled as a recumbent dog with its head tilted upwards, the mouth agape exposing the tongue and fangs, covered with a finely crackled green glaze with a silverish iridescent patina. The underside and interior are unglazed exposing the reddish-brown body.
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Yangdetang Collection prior to 1992
Exhibited
Chugoku meito ten: Chugoku toji 2000- nen no seika (Exhibition of Chinese Pottery: Two Thousand Years of Chinese Ceramics), Tokyo, 1992, no. 2