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SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL SMALL STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY EARTH SPIRITS
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
Each shown seated with front feet firmly planted, one with a humanoid face flanked by ears, with a short horn and a flame rising from the back of the head and two from the backbone, the other with leonine face, a pair of horns, a flame on the top of the head and another on the back, both covered with a finely crackled clear glaze over the white body
9¾ and 9½ in. (24.8 and 24 cm.) high
SUI DYNASTY (581-618)
Each shown seated with front feet firmly planted, one with a humanoid face flanked by ears, with a short horn and a flame rising from the back of the head and two from the backbone, the other with leonine face, a pair of horns, a flame on the top of the head and another on the back, both covered with a finely crackled clear glaze over the white body
9¾ and 9½ in. (24.8 and 24 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 4 June 1992, lot 246.
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