Lot 235
CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY MODEL OF A DOG
HAN DYNASTY
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
漢 綠釉陶犬
the hound modelled standing squarely on all fours, its large head looking up and forward with bulging eyes and open mouth revealing four long teeth beneath the broad nose, the tail curled up, the neck encircled by a collar terminating in a loop, covered overall in a green glaze now degraded with a silvery-green iridescence
Dimensions
34.5cm wide
Provenance
Private collection, Perthshire
蘇格蘭珀斯私人收藏
Footnote
Compare to two Chinese green-glazed pottery figures of a dog, Han dynasty, one sold at Bonhams New York, 16 September 2010, lot 2118; the other at Bonhams San Francisco, 25 September 2006, lot 1209.
Report of Thermoluminescence Analysis (TL Test), Oxford Authentication Ltd., sample taken from under rear of body and inner front left leg, no. C118n67, the result corresponding to the stated period. With a copy of the certificate dated 24 October 2018.