A GROUP OF EARLY POTTERY WARES Han Dynasty (13)

A GROUP OF EARLY POTTERY WARES Han Dynasty Comprising: a pottery boshanlu painted with a hunting scene in purple, orange and red pigments; a pottery horse head exhibiting faint residual red pigments; a pair of painted pottery figures with their hands clutched in front; a pottery figure dressed in a red robe kneeling while covering his mouth; a figure with a stern expression raising his left hand; a figure with a protuberant stomach; a pair of amber glazed 'owl' jars and removeable covers modelled as heads; a pottery duck. The tallest: 23.8cm (9 3/4in) high. (13). Footnotes: 漢 陶俑一組十件 Provenance: George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) collection, no.243 (label - the duck) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London Published, Exhibited and Illustrated: Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2007, London, 2007, pp.24-25 (the owl jars and covers) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, TEFAF 2009, London, 2009, pp.28-29 (the pottery incense burner boshanlu) Ben Janssens Oriental Art, Animals and Flowers 2017, London, 2017, pp.16-17 (the pottery incense burner boshanlu) The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C207b72 dated 3 September 2007, is consistent with the dating of this lot (one of the owl jars) The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C108y13 dated 28 August 2008, is consistent with the dating of this lot (the painted pottery censer and cover) Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing