拍品 27
27
A GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG

细节
A GREEN-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DOG
HAN DYNASTY

The sturdy dog standing foursquare with head facing forward, wearing a boss-studded collar and harness attached to a prominent loop at the back of the neck, the ears pricked and the tail tightly coiled, the details applied, impressed and incised, covered with a dark green glaze falling irregularly onto the knife-cut legs, some degrading of the glaze, crack to muzzle--12 3/8in. (31.4cm.) high

拍品专文

Compare the dog of this type illustrated by Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Connecticut, 1977, vol. I, p.182 and vol. II, pl. 21, which the author identifies as a chow. Compare, also, the dog in the exhibition, Chinese Ceramics throughout China's History, Japan, 1984, Catalogue, no. 14

Sold in these rooms June 5, 1986, lot 90