Lot no. 393
HAN DYNASTY TERRACOTTA DUCK - TL TESTED
Ca. 202 BC - AD 220. A polychrome terracotta figure of a duck, with lifelike legs in bronze. It has colourful feathers, a red coloured head with wide-open eyes, and a cream-coloured beak. Size: L:245mm / W:210mm ; 1.28kg. Provenance: UK 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. The report will accompany the lot.
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