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€ EUR 32.000,00 - £ 27748.16 - $ 34032 - C$ 45977.6

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ARCHAIC AND IMPERIAL CHINA
CHINESE HAN WATCHTOWER
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - AD 220)
Object certified authentic and sold with an expert certificate. Satisfied or your money back.
Object :
Nº 482
Material :
Glazed terracotta
Type Object :
Architecture and houses, Funerary ritual, Furniture and decoration, Moulding
Dimensions :
Height: 98.5 cm (38.7”)

 

This architectural model is made of terracotta and covered with a lead glaze whose colour is due to copper oxide. It is composed of three different elements moulded and assembled freely. As a consequence of the time it has spent in the tomb, it has been superficially covered with a very thin deposit of limestone, giving this piece its beautiful iridescent silver look. The base is composed of a circular basin with flat rim. The superstructure is piled up on it vertically. 
Extremely well-preserved, some restorations but no missing parts.
These towers were used in strategic areas, the top floor being the best place for observers. The platform underneath with its corbelled balcony was used for defensive purposes, and archers were posted at the corners. On the base, a symbolic aquatic bestiary of water is represented with ducks, frogs and fish. These towers have a very strong emblematic significance, which would later be used in the creation of pagodas.

€ 32000 - £ 27748.16 - $ 34032 - C$ 45977.6

All purchases must be paid in Euro. Other currency prices for indication only