Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A DRAGON, HAN - SIX DYNASTIES
Auction Closed
September 23, 08:35 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A DRAGON
HAN - SIX DYNASTIES
漢至六朝 灰陶加彩臥龍
delicately modeled recumbent with its elongated sinuous body resting on four powerful limbs, trailed by a long tail curling over its ridged back, the ferocious head held high atop a slender S-shaped neck, with two bifurcated horn above protruding eyes and a long upturned snout, traces of pigments
Length 10⅜ in., 26.5 cm
Collection of Therese Margaret Clayton (d. 1964).
Collection of Georges de Batz (1903-1988).
Christie's New York, 30th November 1983, lot 284.
Carole Davenport, New York.
New York Private Collection.
來源
Therese Margaret Clayton (1964年逝) 收藏
Georges de Batz (1903-1988) 收藏
紐約佳士得1983年11月30日，編號284
Carole Davenport，紐約
紐約私人收藏
Related pottery sculptures powerfully modeled in the form of a dragon from this period appear to be rare, although a very close counterpart to the present lot is recorded. See a painted gray pottery dragon of similar size and detail, rendered in the same recumbent posture, attributed to the Six Dynasties, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Brewster, now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, acc. no. 49.2425. Compare also a Six Dynasties gilt-bronze dragon, cast in a striding stance with the head depicted in a very similar style, from the collection of Stephen Junkunc, III, sold in these rooms, 19th March 2019, lot 116.