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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A 北魏 彩繪陶臥犬
SEATED HOUND 犬呈趴臥，頭略側傾，爪子直伸，尾端上翹。表面有褐、
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (386-534) 紅、白三色上彩痕跡。
The figure is modelled naturalistically as a hound seated on a
flat base. The head is attentively raised and finely detailed with a 來源
pointed snout and floppy ears. The front paws are outstretched 1999年11月前購於香港
with its tail curled to one side. There are traces of brown, brick- 雲中居，台北
red and white pigments remaining. 德馨書屋舊藏，台北
7 in. (18 cm.) long, box
洛陽紗廠西路曾出土一件北魏陶犬，並刊於〈洛陽紗廠西路北魏
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500 HM555 發掘簡報〉，《文物》，2002 年 9 月，頁 14-15。另有一件北
朝灰陶臥犬，見於〈Highlights from the New Arts of China Gallery at
PROVENANCE the Brooklyn Museum〉，《Arts of Asia》，2020 年 3-4 月，頁 54，
Acquired in Hong Kong, prior to November 1999
Chang Wei-Hwa & Company, Taipei 圖 12。
The Dexinshuwu Collection, Taipei
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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