A PAIR OF POLYCHROME MASKS SQUARE POTTERY VASES AND COVERS

Description:

China, Han dynasty
H. 44 cm
From a German private collection, acquired ca. 2000 - A TL analysis from ASA, Francine Maurer (27 March 2001) is consistent with the dating of this lot - Wear, Painting partially later, very minor rest.
Publ. in Graf von der Schulenburg, Stephan u. Simon, Rainald: "The Birth of Form - Early Chinese Ceramics at mak.frankfurt", Wunderhorn, Frankfurt am Main, 2002, p. 217, no. 46 B/C