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A group of four impressed gray pottery tomb tiles, Western Han dynasty
Lot closes
March 31, 03:07 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Current Bid
50 USD
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Description
(5)
Length of largest 45⅛ in., 114.5 cm; Height 18 in., 45.6 cm; Depth 5⅛ in., 13 cm
Yamanaka & Company.
Collection of Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in memory of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in February 1925 (accession nos 1925.107.040, 1925.107.042 and 1925.107.062).
one with 'tiger':
Pamela B. Vandiver, 'Han Dynasty Hollow Mortuary Bricks from Northern China in the Collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Part II: Technological Study', figs 4e, f, and g.
one with 'watchtower and wave':
Charles Fabens Kelley, 'Terra Cotta Tiles in the Buckingham Collection', Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 19, no. 6, 1925, p. 70, fig. 6.
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