Funerary brick - Lot 179

Funerary brick China, Han Dynasty, 2nd century BCE - 3rd century CE Moulded and engraved grey terracotta. 45 × 101 cm Decor of horses, tree and birds incised on both sides Provenance : - French private collection. Exhibitions - Démons et merveilles, arts traditionnels de la Chine et du Tibet" Abbaye Abbaye de Saint-Riquier (80) 1995 - 2000 years of Chinese art". Musée de Saint-Antoine l'Abbaye, Isère 2000. - Il y a 2000 ans la Chine - Le musée à l'école" Amiens 2001. - The Han dynasty" under the patronage of Gilles de Robien Amiens 2003 References For another brick with very similar incised horses, cf: Olov Jansé: Bricks and Ceramic Funerary Objects from the Han Period Han belonging to CT LOO & Cie, Paris, 1936, plate XIII, no. 2