Wooden BOVID. Surface accented with black and white pigments. China

Wooden BOVID. Surface accented with black and white pigments. China, Han Dynasty, ca. 1st–2nd century. 34x47. French private collection. A rare and beautiful depiction of a species of humped buffalo, with its hindquarters raised and head lowered, which was among the animals comprising the funerary furnishings of a tomb in the Wuwei region of Gansu. The legs, tail, and horns are attached to the body using a technique characteristic of the period. Ref.: Auction of Wednesday, March 15, 2006. Mill

Estimate:£839.5

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