Bonhams. Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), London, New Bond Street, 7 Jun 2021
Lot 456. Two green-glazed pottery tripod incense burner, lian, Western Han Dynasty. Sold for £ 1,020 (€ 1,188). © Bonhams
Each raised on three kneeling bear supports and moulded around the sides with archers on horseback, Immortals and animals, with mask and ring handles, each cover moulded in high relief with concentric mountains interspersed with further animals, the green glaze extensively degraded to a silvery iridescence.
The larger 21cm (8 3/8in) high.
Note : See related examples illustrated in Treasures from a Swallow Garden: Inaugural Exhibit of the Arthur M.Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing, 1992, no.116; J.Rawson, Ancient China: Art and Archaeology, London, 1980, fig.173; and also N.Palmgren, Selected Chinese Antiquities from the collection of Gustaf Adolf Crown Prince of Sweden, Stockholm, 1948, pl.64.3.
Bonhams. Roger Keverne Ltd Moving On (Part II), London, New Bond Street, 7 Jun 2021