CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC.-220 AP. JC.)

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ANIMAL FABULEUX EN TERRE CUITE
CHINE, DYNASTIE HAN (206 AV. JC.-220 AP. JC.)
La bête rugissante au corps puissant est représentée une patte levée. Sa tête est rejetée en arrière et sa gueule ouverte est menaçante et laisse apparaître ses crocs puissants et sa langue. Ses ailes sont finement modelées et elle est appuyée contre une colonne sculptée de fleurs.
Hauteur: 54 cm. (21 ¼ in.)

Provenance

Christie's London, 15 June 1998, lot 54.

The dating is consistent with the Re.S.Artes thermoluminescence test no. R 344125A-2, 6 November 2020.

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Further details

A RARE LARGE SICHUAN POTTERY MYTHICAL BEAST
CHINA, HAN DYNASTY, (206 B.C.-220 A.D.)

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Lot Essay

Similar models of mythical beasts from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty are illustrated in Mysteries of Ancient China, Catalogue no.61. Another related bronze example is illustrated in the same catalogue, fig.2, p.156.

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