A group of early painted pottery mythical beasts
Northern Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Comprising: a grey pottery seated earth spirit with humanoid face and three tall spines to the back; a painted grey pottery model of a dragon, standing on a rectangular base, with arched back and head turned to the left, the body incised to simulate the scales; and a painted pottery crouching earth spirit with horned humanoid head.The dragon 25cm (9.7/8in) long. (3).
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The Professor Conrad Harris Collection of Early Chinese Art, formed in the late 1990's to early 2000's.The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test number TL test C103h85 (29 April 2003) is consistent with the dating of this lot (dragon) .