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Lot 120 Dα

Large polychrome lidded jar, Western Han dynasty, around 1st century BC

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 2.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 2.772 € (incl. premium)
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Large polychrome lidded jar, Western Han dynasty, around 1st century BC

Of hu-type made of low-fired grey earthenware with horizontal bands in relief and slightly domed lid. On the sides two handles in bronze-style in the form of stylised owl masks. Cold painted with polychrome, chalky pigments with cloud ornaments. Remains of earth.
Height 56 cm

西漢 約公元前100年左右
彩繪獸紋帶蓋陶壺
證書：1999年10月20日牛津「熱釋光測年法」鑒定證書，編號C299f5，佐證其年代
來源：德國南部私人收藏

Certificate

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C299f5 on 20.10.1999 is consistent with the dating of this lot

Provenance

Private collection, South Germany

Literature

For a very similar jar in the Avery Brundage Collection in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco see He Li, Chinese Ceramics. The New Standard Guide. The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Thames and Hudson, 1996, p.70, pl.53