Pair of Chinese Oxen
- China, Shaanxi province, Yangling complex
- Western Han Dynasty 206 BC - 9 AD
- Polychrome painted terracotta
- H. 38, 5 cm - W. 72 cm
- H. 39,2 cm - W 69,5 cm
- Provenance :
• Excavated sculpture from the Yangling burial complex of the third emperor of China.
Rare occurrence of excellent condition of the polychromy.
TL tested (ref. 203-293) by ASA Francine Maurer in 2002, giving a date of ca 2100 years old.
- Bibliography :
• BILLEN Jacques, Civilisations, Galerie Harmakhis, 2016, pp. 70-73
Photo credit : Studio Asselberghs – Frédéric Dehaen
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