A Chinese pottery model of a reclining ram, covered with a straw coloured glaze, 13.5cm long; a s

A Chinese pottery model of a reclining ram, covered with a straw coloured glaze, 13.5cm long; a standing figure of a guardian with straw glaze, 21.9cm high; and a pottery figure of a seated hound partially coated with a greenish straw glaze, 11.4cm high, all Tang dynasty (AD 616-907)

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