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LOT 2459
Chinese Pair of Terracotta Han Tomb Doors
HAN DYNASTY, 206 B.C.-220 A.D. OR LATER
45 7/8 x 14 3/4 x 4 1/2 - 45 7/8 x 15 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (145 kg total, 116.5 x 37.5 x 11.5 - 116.5 x 38.5 x 11.5 cm).
Matched pair of doors, each a substantial rectangular block with mounting holes to the upper and lower faces; the obverse divided into three decorated panels by borders with impressed lattice patterns: above - outer columns of comas-shaped motifs, inner rows of bird, tree and goose motifs; centre - 4x4 grid of comma motifs flanking ring-handles mounted on beast-mask panels; below - outer columns of comma motifs enclosing alternating rosette and concentric rings. [2]
ProvenancePreviously with a London, UK, gallery, 1990s.
Ex private collection, Muswell Hill, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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