AN UNUSUAL GREY POTTERY DACHSHUND DOG, HAN DYNASTY China, 206 BC-220 AD. Halted in an attentive position, wagging its tail, the head raised slightly, standing foursquare with its tongue well visible inside the circular snout, the pricked ears modeled distinctly as well as the elongated body. Note the rings at the two frontal paws. Provenance: An Austrian private collection. Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 28th February 2000. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from the above for ATS 65,000 (circa EUR 4,724). A copy of the invoice by Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 28th February 2000, is accompanying this lot. A seasoned private collector of modern and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer has also acquired fine Chinese works of art since the 1980s, eventually building one of the most important collections of its kind in Austria. Condition: Some repair as generally expected from Han dynasty excavations. Losses, fissures and encrustations. Three drilled holes from sample-taking. Overall very good condition. Scientific Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on February 13th, 2020, based on sample number C120a68, sets the firing date of three samples taken at 1500 - 2400 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, is accompanying this lot. Weight: 3.3 kg Dimensions: Length 59 cm Auction result comparison: Compare with a related Han dynasty dog at Sotheby's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 27 March 2003, lot 31, sold for USD $24,000. 不同尋常的灰陶獵犬，漢代 中國，公元前206至公元220年。警覺的姿態，尾巴上卷，頭部略微抬起，直立，舌頭清晰可見，耳朵竪起，身體細長，造型清晰。注意前腿兩爪上的圓環。 來源：一個奧地利私人老收藏。維也納Zacke藝廊，2000年2月28日。Dr. Mons Fischer購於上述藝廊，成交價ATS 65.000 (約 EUR 4.724)。隨附發票複印件。Dr. Mons Fischer是一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家，從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品，最終在奧地利建立了此類藏品最重要的收藏之一。 品相：漢代考古中的一些修理。 缺損、裂縫和結殼。測試所需的樣品採集產生的三個鑽孔。 總體狀況很好。 隨附牛津熱釋光測試檢測證書拷貝 重量：3.3 公斤 尺寸：長 59厘米