CHINESE TERRACOTTA BIRD - TL TESTED. Han Dynasty, Ca. 202 BC - AD 220 A terracotta bird positioned with its head held high and is supported on two bronze legs. Painted in black, with red pigments highlighting feather details. Size: 140mm x 135mm; Weight: 630g. Provenance: East Anglian private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This piece has been precisely dated using a thermoluminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla.