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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE
OF A GENTLEMAN
975
A LARGE SICHUAN GRAY POTTERY
MODEL OF A HORSE
Han dynasty
Posed standing in mid-stride with its left front
leg bent, its hogged mane terminating in a curl
between its ears perked forward on a head
modeled with flared nostrils, an open jaw with
bared teeth and a bridle in raised relief with
incised outlines that extends down each side
of its strong neck, with another incised line
extending up both legs and looping to the
front of its docked tail.
47 1/2in (121cm) high
45 1/2in (115.5cm) long

$3,000 - 5,000

The results of a Thermoluminscence text from
Oxford Research Laboratory sample 866j6 of
5 May 1997 are consistent with the dating of
this lot.

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976
TWO SIMILAR GLAZED STONEWARE
STORAGE JARS, POU
Late Western-early Eastern Han dynasty,
Zhejiang/Jiangsu type
Each of compressed ovoid form tapering
sharply inward to a flat base, the shoulder
encircled with three raised string bands,
applied bosses and animal heads issuing
strap handles that support mock oval rings,
the olive-brown glaze stopping at the lowest
of the string bands and the remaining
surfaces burnt a dark cinnamon brown (glazes
degraded, minor chips).
12 7/8 and 12 1/4in (32.5 and 31cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

For a jar of similar shape and decoration in
the collection of the Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, see He Li, Chinese Ceramics:
a New Comprehensive Survey, 1996, no.
86, pp. 78 and 114 (as 1st century BC-1st
century AD, Jiangsu-Zhejiang).
976

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