A LARGE SICHUAN POTTERY MODEL OF A HOUND Han Dynasty Modelled with a separate head raised and looking ahead with large eyes and broad nose, the stout body standing squarely on four slender legs, the tail curled above the strong haunches. 46cm (18 1/8in) long. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 漢 陶犬 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.20. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號20 The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C103c86, dated 25 February 2003, is consistent with the dating of this lot. Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2003年2月25日，編號C103c86）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。 Hunting dogs with similar expressive faces have been unearthed in Pengshan, Sichuan Province. For a similar example, Han dynasty, see J.P.Desroches, Compagnons d'éternité, Paris, 1997, pp.86-87. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com