7 mars 2022
A painted pottery figure of a standing horse, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
Lot 48. A painted pottery figure of a standing horse, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). Length 16⅞ in., 42.9cm. Estimate: 5,000 - 7,000 USD. Lot sold: 3,528 USD. © Sothebys.
inscribed to the interior sides with Jianchu wunian (5th year of the Jianchu regin) and shizhi wenzi (the creation of characters).
Provenance: Christie's London, 21st October 1963, lot 52.
Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997).
Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. H.3.3.
Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 51.
Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022
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