Lot Essay
A groom similar to the more youthful one illustrated here, was included in the exhibition, The Quest for Eternity, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987, Catalogue, p. 132, fig. 65, excavated in 1971 from the tomb of Prince Zhanghuai in Qian County, Shaanxi province.
Another youthful groom, possibly from the same mold, was sold at Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Selected Masterpieces from the Schloss Collection, December 3, 1984, lot 13.
Other similar examples were included in the exhibition, Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art, China House Gallery, New York, May, 1969, Catalogue, no. 2 from the Brooklyn Museum; by C. Hentze, Chinese Tomb Figures, London, 1928, p. 75; and in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, Catalogue, no. 2449, from the Eumorfopoulos Collections, now in the British Museum.
Another youthful groom, possibly from the same mold, was sold at Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Selected Masterpieces from the Schloss Collection, December 3, 1984, lot 13.
Other similar examples were included in the exhibition, Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art, China House Gallery, New York, May, 1969, Catalogue, no. 2 from the Brooklyn Museum; by C. Hentze, Chinese Tomb Figures, London, 1928, p. 75; and in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, Catalogue, no. 2449, from the Eumorfopoulos Collections, now in the British Museum.