A large green-glazed pottery figure of a dog, Eastern Han dynasty | 東漢 綠釉陶犬
Auction Closed
September 9, 11:30 AM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 200,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
modelled as a hollow dog figure with the belly opened, standing foursquare with the head forward, conveying an air of alertness, the round observing eyes with stylized tufts of hair above, the muzzle with long incised whiskers to either side, the ears pointed, the mouth slightly open, wearing an ornamented harness around the neck and down the back with a large ring at the top, the tail curled up against the back haunches, applied with a green glaze stopping just above the short legs revealing the red earthenware body, Japanese wood box
33.6 cm
Kochukyo Co., Ltd, Tokyo.
A related ceramic dog, from the Hoyt collection in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics. The World's Great Collections, vol. 10, Tokyo, 1980, pl. 25; another in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is published in Rose Kerr (ed.), Chinese Art and Design: The T. T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, London, 1991, pl. 14; a third was sold twice in our London rooms, 20th November 1973, lot 122, and 2nd/3rd December 1974, lot 136; and a further example was sold at Christie's London, 20th/21st June 1984, lot 13.
來源
壺中居，東京
參考波士頓美術館霍伊特收藏一件陶犬，載於《東方陶瓷》，東京，卷10，1980年，圖版25；另一例現藏倫敦維多利亞與阿爾伯特博物館，載於柯玫瑰主編，《Chinese Art and Design: The T. T. Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art》，倫敦，1991年，圖版14；還可參考第三例曾兩度經倫敦蘇富比釋出：1973年11月20日，拍品122號及1974年12月2-3日拍品136號；尚有一例於1984年6月20-21日經倫敦佳士得拍出，拍品13號。
