Lot 14
14
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL HORNED BEAST, modelled striding forward with head lowered and tail raised, with three spiky horns projecting from the back of the neck and four circular bosses applied to the sturdy back, the muscles and ribs well defined, traces of white and red pigment remaining on the grey body (one horn tip chipped), Western Jin Dynasty

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL HORNED BEAST, modelled striding forward with head lowered and tail raised, with three spiky horns projecting from the back of the neck and four circular bosses applied to the sturdy back, the muscles and ribs well defined, traces of white and red pigment remaining on the grey body (one horn tip chipped), Western Jin Dynasty
37cm. long, box

Lot Essay

Cf. the mythical creature in the Osaka Municipal Museum illustrated in Kandai No Bijitsu, Vol. 1, p. 14, no. 118; and another sold in our New York Rooms, 27 November 1991, lot 252. See also an example illustrated by Susan Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics,
p.50

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