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A LARGE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL
OF A TOWER

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
The tower is made in two sections, each consisting of two
storeys, the lower section modeled with a courtyard with
foriform ornaments at the corners of the roofs, the balconies
supporting various fgures including a dwarf, the upper section
with square balconies and fgures standing guard holding
crossbows, all below a tiled roof surmounted by a bird.
Covered overall with a dark green glaze.
43æ in. (111 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Sing’s Antique Gallery, Hong Kong, early 1990s.
Compare two Han-dynasty green-glazed towers with similar
architectural elements and similar fgures, one illustrated
in Sekai toji zenshu, Tokyo, 1955, vol. 8, pl. 12, and the other
illustrated in Zhongguo gudai bingqi tuji (Ancient Chinese
Weapons - A Collection of Pictures), Beijing, 1990, p. 146,
fg. 6-67. For a discussion of the types of towers and their
uses see J. Baker, the catalogue for the exhibition, Seeking
Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss
Collection, The Bower Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana,
California, 6 October 1996 - 16 March 1997, p. 24.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence
test no. PH 1/339 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
漢 綠釉陶樓

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