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13 janvier 2019

A green-glazed pottery model of a well head, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)

A green-glazed pottery model of a well head, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)

Lot 1283. A green-glazed pottery model of a well head, Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220); 10 in. (25.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price realised USD 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

Modeled as a deep well applied with a water jug on one side of the rim adjacent to the tall arch, where two birds rest on either side below a third sitting on the pulley housing, covered all over in a green glaze.

ProvenanceAcquired in Hong Kong in 2000.
Bareiss collection

Note: The birds on the superstructure of the present lot are a rare feature which appears to be previously unrecorded. Compare the simpler models of wells with water jugs, although lacking birds, included in the special exhibition organized by the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society held at the National Museum in Singapore and illustrated in Spirit of Han, 1991, nos. 192-3

Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Part I and Part II Including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 24 March 2011

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