AN AMBER GLAZED MODEL OF AN OX Early Tang dynasty
Modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular plinth, with a hump between its shoulders and folds of skin hanging from its throat, its head crowned by a pair of horns and its tail flicked over its haunches, covered with a amber glaze with ivory accents.
5 1/4in (13.2cm) high注脚Provenance
Acquired prior to 1981, according to an insurance appraisal by I.M. Chait, Santa Monica, dated July 12, 1981

A similar ox was excavated from the tomb of Princess Yong Tai (died 701) in North China's Shanxi province 1960-1962, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1964 no 1, p. 21, fig 22.