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THREE GRAY POTTERY VESSELS A GROUP OF FIVE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES
Han dynasty/Warring States period Han and Tang dynasties
The first an ovoid jar with broad shoulder tapering towards the base, Including a tall figure drawing a bow, the figure’s hair carefully
the surfaces crisply impressed with a diamond diaper pattern; the delineated, with pigment on the collar backpack, and face; together
second a red pottery amphora with a bulbous body, flanked by broad with a horse and groom; and with two dancing figures, similarly
flat handles connecting to the mouth; the third a cocoon jar, with posed in an S shape, with traces of red pigment.
an oval-shaped body encircled by sets of triple concentric grooves, 18 1/4in (46.4cm) high, the archer
supported on a high flared ringed foot, and surmounted with similarly
shaped neck with an everted rim. $2,000 - 3,000
19 1/2in (49.5cm) high, the tallest
漢及唐 彩繪陶俑五件
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
漢/戰國 灰陶器三件 Horse and standing groom: Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London
Other figures: Uragami Sokyu-Do Co Ltd., Tokyo, 1999
Provenance
The ovoid jar and amphora: Uragami Sokyu-do Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 2001 Note
The Cocoon jar: Michael Goedhuis, London, 1996 The figure drawing a bow has a Oxford TL test No. C298e38, 16
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