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AN UNUSUAL OLIVE-GREEN-GLAZED LION-FORM VESSEL, HUZI
CHINA, EASTERN HAN DYNASTY (AD 25-220)
Hollow-modeled as a recumbent lion, with a spout projecting from the side of the sideways-turned head, the tail flicked over towards its head to form the handle, the body incised with lines delineating its fur, covered with a thin glaze of olive-green tone
11 in. (25 cm.) long, box

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The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in Hong Kong, 1986.
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