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LOT 2034
Chinese Tang Painted Rabbit
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
11 1/4 in. (3.45 kg, 28.5 cm high).
Modelled in the round in a couchant posture with ears pricked; pigment detailing to the ears, nose and eyes, firing hole to the underside. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report from Oxford Authentication no.C124d1.
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