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A RARE AND LARGE BRONZE
AND GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY ‘
MONEY TREE’
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY, 1ST-3ND
CENTURY AD
The green-glazed reddish pottery base is molded
in the form of two beasts crouching on top of one
another, supporting a cylinder into which fts the
slender trunk of the bronze tree, which is ftted
with four tiers of fat openwork plaques forming
the main branches emanating from the central
rod. The branches are embellished with smaller
reticulated plaques which hang at right angles.
The central rod is surmounted by a phoenix with
detachable outstretched wings, facing an intricate
scrolling foral stem.
48 in. (122 cm.) high
$100,000-150,000

PROVENANCE
In the United States by 1996.
EXHIBITED
New York, Kaikodo, 23 March- 20 April 1996.
LITERATURE
Kaikodo Journal, New York, 1996, pp. 118-119 and
pp. 201-202, no. 55.
東漢 陶座銅搖錢樹