A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED HOUND

NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (386-534)

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED HOUND
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (386-534)
The figure is modelled naturalistically as a hound seated on a flat base. The head is attentively raised and finely detailed with a pointed snout and floppy ears. The front paws are outstretched with its tail curled to one side. There are traces of brown, brick-red and white pigments remaining.
7 in. (18 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, prior to November 1999
Chang Wei-Hwa & Company, Taipei
The Dexinshuwu Collection, Taipei

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Lot Essay

Related pottery hounds from the Northern Wei dynasty have been published, including one of similar style but smaller in size (16.4 cm. long), illustrated in ‘Luoyang Shachangxilu Beiwei HM555 fajue jianbao’, Wenwu, September 2002, p. 14-15. Compare also to a grey pottery figure of a dog dated to the Northern dynasties, early 6th century, which is also finely sculpted with its head raised in an attentive pose, illustrated in Susan L. Beningson, ‘Highlights from the New Arts of China Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum’, Arts of Asia, March-April 2020, p. 54, fig. 12.

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