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LOT 2191
Chinese Tang Terracotta Rhinoceros
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D.
20 in. (5.35 kg, 51 cm wide).
Modelled in the round in an alert pose with raised head, flaring nostrils and pricked ears, the folds on the body indicated in red pigment.
Provenance
Ex Hong Kong collection, 1990s.
From a London, UK, collection.
Accompanied by thermoluminescence analysis report no.01C26042024 from Laboratory Kotalla.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12453-226134.
Literature
See Schafer, E.H. The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics Berkeley, 1963, pp. 83–84 for discussion of rhinoceros hunting and habitat in China.
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