A GROUP OF POTTERY ANIMALS AND WEIGHTS Han Dynasty and later Comprising: a grey pottery circular weight with impressed geometric patterns, Han dynasty; a pottery figure of a mermaid; a pottery figure of a sitting duck, Han dynasty; a small pottery figure of a standing duck, circa 800; two brown-glazed tortoise weights, Tang dynasty; a brown splash-glazed Changsha 'bird' whistle, Tang dynasty; a green-splashed Changsha 'bird' whistle; a brown-glazed Changsha 'pig' whistle; a sancai-glazed 'humanoid face' whistle; a brown-glazed 'owl' whistle; an ochre-glazed figure of a toad, Song dynasty; a brown-glazed model of a standing horse, Song dynasty; a stoneware model of a standing dragon, Yuan dynasty; a pottery standing figure of a corpulent horse, Yuan dynasty; a pottery figure of a greyhound, Yuan dynasty; and a pottery figure of a porcupine. The horse: 15.5cm (6 1/8in) long. (17). Footnotes: 漢及更晚 陶動物俑及紙鎮一組 Provenance: Acquired in 1990 (the two tortoises) Acquired in 1995 (the weight and sitting duck) Acquired in 2000 (the mermaid) Acquired in 2002 (the two bird whistles, pig whistle and owl whistle) Acquired from Sandra and David Dykes, London, 2002 (the greyhound) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 2003 (the dragon) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, December 2004 (the porcupine) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, November 2005 (the humanoid face whistle) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, May 2007 (the brown-glazed horse)(label and collector's notes) Acquired from Sandra and David Dykes, London, 2010 (the standing duck) Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London (the toad)(label) Published, Illustrated, and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, The World in Colours, London, 2006, no.16 (the brown-glazed 'bird' whistle) M. White, Beasts at the Whites' House: A selection of ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol.1, n.p., 2020, p.104 (the 'pig' whistle)(Published and Illustrated) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing