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A brown-glazed ‘bixie and ear-cup’ water dropper

Western Jin Dynasty

Modelled in the form of a recumbent mythical beast, with its lion-like
head turned on its side resting by its hind legs, holding an ear cup
in its mouth to collect water flowing from the hollow body through a
small hole in its jaws, the back with a cylindrical aperture, covered
overall with a brown glaze.
10cm wide

HK$20,000 - 30,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

西晉 醬釉獸形水滴

硯滴為瑞獸形象,口部銜一雙耳杯。背上有圓形的小直口可以盛水,                                            255
通體施醬釉。醬黃色釉,釉色濃郁古樸,反映出當時崇尚樸實自然的
藝術格調。

水滴又稱硯滴,是中國古代的一種文具,用於貯水並向硯池內滴水。
清人許之衡在《飲流齋說瓷》中記:「蟾滴、龜滴,由來已久。古者
以銅,後世以瓷,凡作物形而貯水不多則名曰硯滴。」

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A brown-glazed ‘bixie and ear-cup’ water dropper
Western Jin Dynasty

Modelled in the form of a mythical beast, with its lion-like head turned
on its side beside by its hind legs, holding an ear cup in its mouth
to collect water flowing from the hollow body through a small hole in
its jaws, with a small pair of moulded wings between the cylindrical
aperture, covered overall with a brown glaze.
10cm wide

HK$20,000 - 30,000
US$2,600 - 3,900

西晉 醬釉獸形水滴

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A small green-glazed model of a horse and
foreign rider
Han Dynasty
The rider wearing a fitted cap, long tunic and dark brown boots,
his face with bushy eyebrows and a prominent beard, seated on a
saddled horse standing foursquare, covered overall in a dark green
glaze ending above the hooves.
9.2cm wide

HK$15,000 - 20,000
US$1,900 - 2,600

漢 綠釉陶塑胡人騎馬

陶塑胡人騎馬,將馬背上的人與駝騎的馬表現的惟妙惟 肖。馬的比
例,馬與人的比例較為誇張。馬頭大且刻劃細膩,對於耳、嘴、面容
均有較為細緻的刻劃,而四肢較短,足部留釉。人物頭戴小帽,鼻樑
高挺,胡人特徵 明顯,人面部和馬頭均沖前方。整個小像施綠釉,由
於漢代原始瓷的燒制溫度還未達到瓷的水平,因而雖然上釉,但仍然
是陶質作品。2

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