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Eastern Wei Dynasty
Each finely modelled in a recumbent pose, resting on their haunches with the hind legs folded to the sides, one hound with the forepaws neatly crossed, the small heads sensitively rendered with large alert eyes, finely delineated snouts and thick muscular necks. Each 18.1cm (7 1/8in) wide. (2).
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東魏 灰陶臥犬一對
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C108s45 dated 7 July 2008, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C108s45(2008年7月7日),結果與其斷代相符
Compare with a grey pottery figure of a dog, Northern Dynasties, early 6th century, also sculpted with its head raised in an attentive pose, illustrated by S.Beningson, 'Highlights from the New Arts of China Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum', Arts of Asia, March-April 2020, p.54, fig.12.
See a related painted pottery figure of a seated hound, Northern Wei dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 9 July 2020, lot 2873.