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East Asia, China, Han Dynasty, ca. 206 BCE to 220 CE. A delightful pair of pottery examples from the ancient Han Dynasty, a bowl and a zoomorphic ladle, both enveloped in lustrous glaze of mottled emerald, pine, and mint hues with a sparkling iridescence. First, the ladle presents a fascinating shape of a deep bowl with a teardrop-shaped rim that tapers to a diagonal handle with a head resembling that of a dragon. Alternatively, the bowl has a planar base and curved walls that rise to a flared rim. Size of largest (bowl): 8.3" W x 3" H (21.1 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private Vero Beach, Florida, USA collection, acquired before 2003

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#178139

A few minor chips to rim of ladle, and both have expected age wear to surface, but are otherwise intact with nice remains of glaze.