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美国亞利桑那大學Arizona AMS Radiocarbon Laboratory實驗室
碳-14測定結果（2005年，樣本AA63050）顯示本拍品有95%的
可能性處於公元81年至320年之間。

For similar wood models of horses, Han dynasty, see M.Bobot,
Chine connue et inconnue: Dix annees d’acquisitions au Musee
Cernuschi 1982-1992, Paris, 1992, pp.114-117, no.44. See also
an example excavated in 1972 from Wuwei, Gansu Province, and
now in the collection of the Gansu Provincial Museum, illustrated in
Huanghe Wenming Zhan, Tokyo, 1986, no.94; see also J.C.Y.Watt,
China: Dawn of a Golden Age, 200-750 AD, New York, 2004,
no.80.

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A VERY LARGE SICHUAN RED POTTERY MODEL OF A
HORSE
Han Dynasty
Boldly modelled in mid-stride with a gracefully-arched neck and
powerful face with bulging eyes below a split forelock, pricked
ears, pronounced jaw and flaring nostrils, the short tail neatly
cropped. 109cm (43in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

漢 紅陶馬俑

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence
test no.C101a34 dated 18 January 2001, is consistent with the
dating of this lot.

Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2001年1月18
日，編號C101a34）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。

Compare with a pottery horse excavated from Chengdu
Tianhuishan cliff tomb no.1, illustrated by R.Bagley, Ancient 25
Sichuan: Treasures from a Lost Civilization, Princeton, 2001,
fig.96.1. A further example is in the Nanjing Museum, see
S.Rastelli, China at the Court of the Emperors: Unknown
Masterpieces from Han Tradition to Tang Elegance (25–907),
Florence, 2008, no.124.

See a related large painted grey pottery model of a horse, Han
dynasty, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 25 September
2020, lot 1801.

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A VERY RARE POTTERY MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
Early Tang Dynasty
Finely-modelled as an elephant standing foursquare with head held
straight and curving trunk, covered overall with a white slip.
20cm (8in) long.

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

唐早期 陶象

The existence of elephants in ancient China is attested by both
archaeological evidence and their representation in Chinese art.
They are mentioned in the Shijing, Liji and Zuozhuan. The state 26
of Chu in 506 BC even used elephants in their war against the
state of Wu. See a pottery model of an elephant, Neolithic period,
Shijiahe culture, c.2400-2000 BC, illustrated by J.Rawson,
Mysteries of Ancient China: New Discoveries from the Early
Dynasties, London, 1996, p.46. See also a bronze elephant and
groom, Han dynasty, illustrated in Age of Empires: Art of the Qin
and Han Dynasties, New Haven and London, 2017, pp.168-169.

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