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A Sogdian letter from 313 AD

A Sogdian (ancient Iranian people) letter from 313 AD, written by a Sogdian merchant in China to his employer reporting the collapse of the Western Jin dynasty due to a Xiongnu rebellion and invasion, known in Chinese historiography as the Yongjia disaster....

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22 septembre 2023

Tiger-shaped ware, Western Jin dynasty, second half of the 3rd century AD

Tiger-shaped ware, Western Jin dynasty, second half of the 3rd century AD. Celadon glazed stoneware, height 19 cm, width 23 cm. National Gallery of Prague, Vu 172. Ceramic wares with beige or greenish “celadon” glaze were among the most valued vessels...

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10 novembre 2019

A rare 'Yue' figure of a recumbent ram, Western Jin dynasty, 3rd century AD

Lot 127. A rare 'Yue' figure of a recumbent ram, Western Jin dynasty, 3rd century AD. Length 16.3 cm, 6⅜ in. Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP. Lot sold 40,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. the large and well-modelled animal with its front and rear legs folded beneath...

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16 septembre 2017

A Yue animal-form vessel, Western Jin dynasty, 3rd-4th century

Lot 1146. A Yue animal-form vessel, Western Jin dynasty, 3rd-4th century; 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long, cloth box. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 18,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The vessel is hollow-molded as a mythical beast, bixie...

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Tags: Yue, 3rd-4th Century, Western Jin Dynasty, animal-form vessel

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18 juillet 2016

Chamber Pot, Western Jin, 265 - 316 AD. Shanghai Museum

Chamber Pot, Western Jin, 265 - 316 AD. Shanghai Museum. Here's something you don't see every day: a celadon chamber pot. The user would have enjoyed an intimate, and amusing, encounter with the gaping maw of this porcelain tiger (huzi). The pits and...

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18 juillet 2016

Greenware huzi, or chamber pot, in animal form, 2nd half of the 3rd century-4th century AD, Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316)

Greenware huzi, or chamber pot, in animal form, 2nd half of the 3rd century-4th century AD, Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265 - 316). S toneware, with applied and incised decoration under a green glaze; unglazed base; glazed rim; 18.9 x 24.5 x 14 cm (height...

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Tags: Huzi, Western Jin Dynasty, 2nd half of the 3rd century-4th century AD

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18 juillet 2016

Vessel, Six Dynasties (220–589), Western Jin (265–316) dynasty

Vessel, Six Dynasties (220–589), Western Jin (265–316) dynasty. Stoneware with celadon glaze (Yue ware). H. 4 5/8 in. (11.3 cm); L. 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm). Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. William P. Frankenhoff, Ann Eden Woodward Foundation, Ashkenazie & Co., Earl...

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Tags: Yue ware, Six Dynasties, Western Jin Dynasty, Vessel

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18 juillet 2016

A 'Yue' Green-Glazed 'Lion' Incense Burner, Western Jin Dynasty (265 - 316)

Lot 213. A 'Yue' Green-Glazed 'Lion' Incense Burner, Western Jin Dynasty (265 - 316). Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 22,500 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's naturalistically modelled as a lion crouching on all fours with head raised, pierced with a trumpet-shaped...

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18 juillet 2016

Ram-shaped candle holder, Western Jin Dynasty (265-317)

Ram-shaped candle holder, Western Jin dynasty (265 - 316), celadon stoneware, 19.0 x 24.0 x 12.5 cm. Edward and Goldie Sternberg Chinese Art Purchase Fund 2007; 358.2007 © Art Gallery of New South Wales It was fashionable to produce celadons in the form...

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18 juillet 2016

A ‘Yue’ celadon-glazed ram, Western Jin Dynasty (265-317)

Lot 270. A ‘Yue’ celadon-glazed ram, Western Jin Dynasty (265-317); 15.2 cm., 6 in. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 HKD. Lot sold 225,000 HKD . Photo: Sotheby's the recumbent ram modelled with a curvaceous spine and robust rump above legs tucked underneath,...

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Tags: Yue, celadon-glazed, ram, Western Jin Dynasty

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