ID 718893
Lot 732 | A RARE LARGE POTTERY TILE OF A TIGER
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
HAN DYNASTY (220 BC-AD 220)
The tile is modeled in relief with a tiger with pronounced stripes emerging from the right side and stretching its forelegs.
19 1⁄4 in. (48.6 cm.) wide, softwood frame
Provenance
C.T. Loo (according to label).
Christian Humann (d. 1981), Pan Asian Collection, New York.
Exhibited
On loan: Denver Art Museum, prior to 1983.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Han dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic |
| Historical era: | Han dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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