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A RARE PAINTED POTTERY MODEL Provenance A GROUP OF POTTERY ANIMALS
OF A WILD DUCK AND A PAINTED The fox, Artcade Gallery, Brussels, 11 Han Dynasty
POTTERY MODEL OF A FOX October 2001 (invoice). Comprising: a pottery chicken; a grey pottery
Han Dynasty Oxford thermoluminescence test number ram; a recumbent hound; a crouching bear;
The duck realistically modelled and painted C198k95 (28 April 1998) is consistent with a standing grey pottery ox; and a recumbent
in tones of cream and pinkish brown with the dating of this lot. grey pottery ox.
the plumage delineated in fine black lines; The longest 21cm (8.1/4in). (6).
together with a painted grey pottery model of The duck, Priestley & Ferraro, 21 January
a recumbent fox, lying curled around to the 2004 (invoice), label. £500 - 800
right, the head raised with alert expression, Oxford thermoluminescence test number HK$5,000 - 8,000
the body covered in an ochre pigment, the C104b94 (3 February 2004) is consistent CNY4,400 - 7,000
facial details picked out in white and orange. with the dating of this lot.
16.5cm and 19cm. long. (2).
Compare with a pair of lacquered pottery The Professor Conrad Harris Collection of
Early Chinese Art, formed in the late 1990’s
£1,500 - 2,000 ducks in the Metropolitan Museum, New to early 2000’s.
HK$15,000 - 20,000 York, accession no. 2015.500.7.8a,b.
CNY13,000 - 18,000

The Professor Conrad Harris Collection of
Early Chinese Art, formed in the late 1990’s
to early 2000’s.

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