CHINA / 5000 YEARS Including Property from the Junkunc Collection
CHINA / 5000 YEARS Including Property from the Junkunc Collection
A set of twelve painted pottery zodiac figures, Tang dynasty
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November 22, 04:56 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
(12)
Height of tallest 7⅛ in., 18.2 cm
Sotheby's New York, 1st December 1992, lot 245.
It is rare to find a complete set of twelve zodiac animals. A set of similar zodiac figures of larger size, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 2000.662.7a–l), is included in the Museum's exhibition Celebrating the Year of the Rabbit, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023.
The dating of the monkey figure is consistent with the results of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. 666f6.
