A model of an ox. Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century - image-1
A model of an ox. Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century - image-2
A model of an ox. Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century - image-1A model of an ox. Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century - image-2

Lot 104 Dα

A model of an ox. Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 5.544 € (incl. premium)

A model of an ox. Northern Wei dynasty, 6th century

The finely modelled figure of an ox with bridled head stands on a flat geometric base. Remnants of a white engobe and a reddish colour pigment on the greyish brown body. Wooden base.
Height 14 cm; width 18 cm

北魏 六世紀 陶牛
證書:2024年1月24日出具的牛津「熱釋光測年法」鑒定證書(編號C123q48)佐證其年代
來源:德国萊茵蘭-法爾茨私人收藏

Certificate

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C123q48 on 29.1.2024 is consistent with the dating of this lot

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, according to the consigner received in exchange from the then director of the African Art Museum in Hokuto, Japan in the 1990s

Literature

A similar ox without a base is illustrated in: Ulrich Wiesner, Chinesische Keramik. Meisterwerke aus Privatsammlungen, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne 1988, p.32