Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Auction: June 23, 2022 11:00:00 AM EDT
Of sectional form, with separate body, rider, legs and tail; modern acrylic stand; accompanied by an original University of Hong Kong thermoluminescence test report #82.94, dated June 15, 1994, where it is stated "the result obtained is compatible with the claimed age [Han dynasty]."
H: 23 1/2 in. (without stand)PROVENANCE:
Chinese Antique Centre, Hong Kong
Property from a private collection, Bethesda, Maryland, acquired from the above June 30, 1994
來源:
香港Chinese Antique Centre舊藏
馬里蘭州Bethesda私人收藏,於1994年6月30日購藏於上述來源
NOTE:
For a similar figure on horseback, without removable legs, excavated from a Western Han tomb in Yanjiawan, Xianyang city, Shaanxi province, see Carol Michaelson, "Gilded Dragons, Buried Treasures from China's Golden Ages," London, 1999, p. 46, no. 15