A QINGBAI IRON-BROWN SPLASHED ZODIAC 'DOG' FIGURE Song Dynasty The figure standing in flowing robes with the hands held together at the chest, clasping the head of a long-eared dog nestled within the cloth, covered with a thick ivory glaze with iron-brown splashes accentuating the folds of the cloth and hat, wood stand. 20cm (7 7/8in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 宋 醬彩青白釉立像 Provenance: John Drew (1933-2006), England, Inv. no. 415 (label) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques (label) Published and Illustrated: M. White, People at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White Collection, vol.5, n.p, 2024, p.91 John Drew (1933-2006) was born in Tideswell, Derbyshire, and educated at Sedbergh School and then Queen's College, Oxford. He spent the majority of his professional career as an archivist in various African countries, before taking up a post at the University of Cape Town in 1978. His collection of Chinese ceramics encompasses pieces from the Neolithic period through to the eighteenth century. See R.Davids & D.Jellinek, Provenance: Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America, Oxford, 2011 p.157. A related zodiac figure, 11th century, is illustrated in S. Vainker, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1995, p.126, no.94. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing