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AN AMBER-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN OX, HAN DYNASTY
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Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication in 2026, based on sample number C126b81, sets the firing date of the sample taken between 1400 and 2200 years ago, consistent with the dating above. A copy of the report accompanies this lot.China, 206 BC-220 AD. Naturalistically modeled, standing foursquare with a straight back and rounded belly, extending into a long tail that curves gently to the right. The gently lowered head with a prominent snout and powerful jaw. The face of the animal defined by a pair of bulging eyes and two upright horns.The exterior of the figure covered in a fine amber glaze of warm earth-toned shades.Provenance: Weisbrod Chinese Art, New York, United States. The belly with an old label with handwritten inscription, 'Han D. $7,800'.Michael B. Weisbrod is a noted scholar of Chinese art, who has published extensively on the subject over a time span of more than fifty years. In 1972, Michael joined his father Dr. Gerald Weisbrod's Asian art gallery in Toronto, Canada. The father-and-son team opened their New York location on Madison Avenue in 1977, and during the next forty-five years the gallery held a significant number of exhibitions, selling to museums and private collectors across the globe, eventually adding further locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, firing irregularities, minor losses, old repairs and touchups as expected from ancient Han dynasty excavations.Weight: 595.7 gDimensions: Length 20.6 cmFigures of bovines, such as bulls and oxen, were a common motif in the art of the Dian Kingdom, suggesting possible influences from mainland Southeast Asian cultures, and perhaps even India, before being adopted by Han artisans. Domesticated and used in China for several millennia, these animals held great significance in an agrarian society such as that of the Han dynasty. The production of wealth and the stability of both family and state relied heavily on food production, for which these animals were essential working tools, contributing to plowing fields, hauling, and other labor requiring great strength, thereby enabling abundant harvests. Given their value, they were also sacrificed in state rituals and formed part of important cultic animal practices, with the sacrifice of an ox regarded as an act of profound solemnity. See a gray earthenware well head depicting a standing ox with upright horns, dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd century AD, 21.6 cm long, in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Newfields, accession number 60.22, and illustrated in Yutaka Mino and James Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility. The Eli Lilly Collection of Chinese Art, 1983, p. 168-169, no. 58.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related pottery figure of a standing ox, in the Han Gallery of the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Xi'an.Auction result comparison:Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 19 September 2025, lot 1002Price: USD 13,970 or approx. EUR 12,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A large, amber-glazed red pottery figure of a recumbent dog, Han dynasty, 618-907 AD Expert remark: Compare the closely related glaze, red pottery, and modeling, albeit depicting a different animal subject. Note the larger size (45 cm).

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