Object Description
Ca. 202 BC – AD 220
A large ceramic goose standing on its stylised, well-defined bronze legs, which support a white globular body and elegantly slender neck terminating in a yellow-coloured head with a beak and open, attentive eyes. Geese were a significant motif in Han dynasty-era poetry and were also featured as lamps or terracotta pouring vessels during the period.
This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this piece.
Size: L:245mm / W: 235mm ; 1.21kg.