TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

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A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A GROOM
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
The tall figure standing atop a rectangular plinth, with hands positioned as if holding reins, dressed in a knee-length tunic with large lapels and secured at the waist with a broad sash, the unglazed face crisply molded with the hair pulled up under a double-knotted cap
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Gisèle Croës, Brussels, 1984.

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Lot Essay

A groom of this type, described as Western Turkic, in the Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Schloss Collection is illustrated by E. Schloss, Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art, vol. II, New York, 1969, pl. 10a. A similar example in painted pottery is in The Collection of Anthony M. Solomon and illustrated by V. Bower, From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M. Solomon, Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, 2002, p. 127, pl. 43.

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