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Chinese Unglazed Pottery Figure of a Mythical Tricorn Animal

Western Jin dynasty, AD 265-317

Description

Finely modeled in the full round in a walking pose, with head down and horns prominent; the tail with a curling flourish at the tip.
Length: 11 ¾ inches (30 cm.) Height to top of tail: 7 ¼ inches (18.4 cm.)
Ex Collection: Julius Eberhart Published: Eberhart catalogue, No. 113 TL tested.
Related examples: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Schloss Collection.
Another similar example was excavated in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.

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