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A pottery model of a recumant tiger/chimera, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).

Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 420 - 1 900 EUR
1 630 - 2 170 USD
Hammer price
15 000 SEK
Bidding requires special pre approval.
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A pottery model of a recumant tiger/chimera, Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD).

The head of the animal slightly raised in a fierce expression created by its bulbous eyes, open mouth showing its fangs, the front legs curled up, probably had a separately potted object resting on its back, now showing the plinth. Wooden stand. Length 27 cm. Height with wooden stand 16 cm.

Restored.

Provenance

Property of a private Swedish Collector.

Ex, Collection of Dr. N Wessen, Stockholm, Sweden.

Exhibitions

Exhibited in Kopenhagen in 1950. Label from the ‘Kinas Kunst i Svensk og Dansk eje, det danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Kobenhamn’, 1950. Lot no 232.