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A PAINTED POTTERY MODEL OF A 東魏 彩繪灰陶牛
CAPARISONED OX 來源
EASTERN WEI DYNASTY (534-550) 1998 年 1 月前購於香港
The muscular beast modelled standing foursquare on a rectangular 雲中居，台北
base, its well formed head positioned between the large hump
on its neck and the dewlap that hangs beneath, adorned with 展覽
a decorative harness and trappings applied with circular bosses 鴻禧美術館，《千禧年清翫雅集收藏展》，台北，2000 年，
and hanging oval-shaped ornaments that is accented with gold
pigment. 頁 150，圖版 55 號
15 ¿ in. (38.4 cm.) long, box 比較一件類似的北魏陶牛，其載於 John Ayers，《Chinese Ceramics:
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000 The Koger Collection》，倫敦，1985 年，頁 26，圖版 7 號；另可參見
一唐代陶牛車，載於《中國陶磁—出光美術館藏品圖錄》，東京，1987
PROVENANCE 年，編號 347。
Acquired in Hong Kong, prior to January 1998
Chang Wei-Hwa & Company, Taipei 此器經牛津熱釋光測年法測試（測試編號 C298j56，1998 年 12 月 22
日），證實與本圖錄之定年符合。
EXHIBITED
Chang Foundation, Ching Wan Society
Millennium Exhibition, Taipei, 2000, p. 150,
pl. 55
Compare a similar caparisoned ox dated
to the Northern Wei dynasty which
is illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese
Ceramics: The Koger
Collection, London, 1985,
p. 26, pl. 7; and another
example accompanied
with a cart dated to the
Tang dynasty is included
in Chinese Ceramics in
the Idemitsu Collection,
Tokyo, 1987, no. 347.
The dating of this lot is
consistent with the result
of a thermoluminescence
test, conducted by Oxford
Authentication Ltd, sample No.
C298j56, 22 December 1998.

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