A painted grey pottery model of a donkey and a painted grey pottery model of a pack horse
Northern Wei and Northern Qi DynastyBoth standing four square on rectangular bases, the donkey with head lowered bearing a large bulging pack resting on a saddle blanket across its back, some red pigments remaining; the pack horse with a separate saddle pack, covered in a blanket and laden with a variety of vessels and haunches of meat.The largest 15cm. high. (3).
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The Professor Conrad Harris Collection of Early Chinese Art, formed in the late 1990's to early 2000's.Provenance: The pack horse, Berwald Oriental Art, 30 April 2002 (invoice), label.The donkey, Berwald Oriental Art, 15 October 2000 (invoice), label.The results of Oxford thermoluminescence test numbers C100k81 (14 April 2000)(donkey) and C299g76 (5 November 1999) (horse) are consistent with the dating of this lot.