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A Chinese archaic polychrome grey pottery model of a bear, Han…
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Melbourne
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16-Jun-2015
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A Chinese archaic polychrome grey pottery model of a bear, Han Dynasty (260BC-220AD), carved and painted in red, white, black and mauve pigments, squatting with his paws on the head of buffalo. 17.5 cm high. For a similar example see a Han pottery bear-shaped vessel in James Lally, Early Dynasty China, April 1996. 'Bears are usually in the form of a support for a vessel...The bear was a symbol of strength and endurance'
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