Ca. 202BC-220AD.A beautiful pottery duck standing on its detailed bronze legs which support a globular, squat body and a short neck terminating in a orange coloured head with a beak and open, attentive eyes. The body is decorated with blue and red, imitating the bird's plumage. The Han Dynasty, which ruled between 202 BC-220 AD, brought great prosperity and stability to China, reigning over a golden age of classical Chinese civilisation during which China saw major advances including the widespread development of a monetary economy and the invention of paper, as well as much progress in the decorative arts.Size: L:135mm / W:130mm ; 600gProvenance: UK private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong.