Description
A Chinese yue ware celadon model of a ram, c.4th century. Recumbent and with incised markings, six dynasties, 11.5cm.
Cf. Gompertz, Chinese Celadon Wares, plate 9a and Susan Valenstein, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of Adele and Stanley Herzman, Orientations, June 1990, fig. 2 and D'Argence, Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6000 years of Chinese Art, no. 57 illustrated on the front cover, for similar examples.
