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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS
846
TWO PAINTED GREY POTTERY TILES
JIN-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH CENTURY
Each is of a rectangular form, one decorated in high relief with a
deer, its head turned as it is attacked by a gyrfalcon amidst dense
foliage, the other similarly decorated with a monkey holding a
peach sitting on top of a deer walking amidst foliage, with traces of
original pigment throughout.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high
(2)
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
John R. Berwald, London, 1993.
金/元 彩繪磚雕兩件
85
