PROPERTY IN THE COLLECTION OF DR. WALLACE AND ALICE SMITH, SAN FRANCISCO, SOLD TO BENEFIT GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND, SAN RAFAEL, THE PANDA FUND A Cream-glazed Caparisoned Pale Pottery Figure of a BullockSui Dynasty Standing four-square on a rectangular base, its horned head raised upward and forward and wearing a simple yoke across its shoulders and strapwork on its back, the neck and chest carefully delineated to show natural folds of baggy skin, traces of black and red pigment to the head harness. 13in (33cm) high; 13in (33cm) long; 7in (17.8cm) wide 隋 黃釉被飾陶牛 Sold to benefit Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, the Panda fund Provenance: Property from collection of Dr. Wallace and Alice Smith, San Francisco, in the collection prior to 1971, by descent 拍賣所得饋贈公益 Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, the Panda fund 出處： 舊金山 Wallace and Alice Smith 醫師與夫人舊藏，1971 年以前入藏，後由家族傳承 A closely related light-cream-glazed bullock in the collection of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is illustrated by Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Standard Guide , New York, 1996, p. 98, with further description on p. 123, described as Tang dynasty.