Live Auction 2455Christie's Interiors
THREE GREY POTTERY TILES WITH IMPRESSED DECORATION,
Lot 449 PROPERTY FROM THE ARTHUR M. SACKLER COLLECTIONS
ALL OBJECTS IN THE ARTHUR M. SACKLER COLLECTIONS WERE ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1978. ADDITIONAL PROVENANCE, EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION MAY BE FOUND IN THE LOTS' CONDITION REPORT

THREE GREY POTTERY TILES WITH IMPRESSED DECORATION,

EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)

Closed22 June 2011

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USD 1,750

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THREE GREY POTTERY TILES WITH IMPRESSED DECORATION,
EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (25-220)
the first stamped with water birds, a striding tiger and an equestrian hunter; the second modeled as a door with applied taotie handle and stamped with figure and geometric patterns; the third stamped with figures, horses, and phoenix within a geometric pattern
The first 44¾in. (114cm.) high x 20 3/8in. (51.8cm.) wide (3)

Specialist note

Compare the very similar tile illustrated by Olov Jansé, Briques et Objets Céramiques Funéraires de l'Epoque des Han, C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris, 1936, pl. XX (3).