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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.
PETER M. GREINER PETER M. GREINER PETER M. GREINER

A GREEN GLAZED BEAR FORM A STRAW GLAZED AMPHORA A POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH
LAMP STAND TANG DYNASTY SPIRIT
HAN DYNASTY TANG DYNASTY
the tall ovoid body rising to a waisted neck
the support well-modeled, the animal kneeling, supporting a cupped mouth with a rolled lip rim, with its muscular right arm aggressively raised
the large head with jaws agape and eyes bulging, the broad shoulders set with a pair of dragon and a ferocious grimace on its face, its leonine
surmounted by a wide drip pan with lipped rim, handles springing up from the shoulders and body with two large wings at the shoulders and an
all raised on a stepped, splayed base, covered biting the rim of the vessel, the upper portion upright ame-shaped mane behind the antlers, a
overall with an iridescent green glaze dipped in a pale straw-white glaze pooling in the snake winding up its left arm, the red pottery with
Height 13 in., 33 cm recesses and stopping short of the unglazed base traces of white and black pigment
Height 17½ in., 44.5 cm Height 17⅞ in., 45.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired between 1970-1979, (inventory no. PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
P167).
Sotheby’s London, 12th September 1975, lot 76 Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 18th March
$ 1,000-1,500 (inventory no. P177). 1977, lot 257.

㻊ġġġ䵈慱䄲⼊䅰 EXHIBITED $ 2,000-3,000
Ⓒġġġ昞捖⠻䌠
A Walk into China’s Past, Art Center of Battle
Creek, Michigan, 1976, cat. no. 38.

$ 800-1,200
Ⓒġġġ䘥慱暁漵俛䒞

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