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Lot 687

A RARE PAINTED GRAY PO TTERY FIGUR E OF A DRAGON, HAN - SIX DYNASTIES
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A DRAGON
HAN - SIX DYNASTIES
漢至六朝 灰陶加彩臥龍

delicately modeled recumbent with its elongated sinuous body resting on four powerful limbs, trailed by a long tail curling over its
ridged back, the ferocious head held high atop a slender S-shaped neck, with two bifurcated horn above protruding eyes and a
long upturned snout, traces of pigments

Length 10⅜ in., 26.5 cm

Provenance
Collection of Therese Margaret Clayton (d. 1964).
Collection of Georges de Batz (1903-1988).
Christie's New York, 30th November 1983, lot 284.
Carole Davenport, New York.
New York Private Collection.

來源
Therese Margaret Clayton (1964年逝) 收藏
Georges de Batz (1903-1988) 收藏
紐約佳士得1983年11月30日，編號284
Carole Davenport，紐約

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