A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SOLDIER
A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SOLDIER

NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)

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A PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SOLDIER
NORTHERN QI DYNASTY (550-577)
Modeled as a foreigner standing on a rockwork base with right arm held at the side and right hand hollowed to hold a weapon while the left hand rests atop his shield, wearing full armor and a leather helmet that frames the face with its prominent features set in a scowl, with traces of dark red, olive-brown, grey, white and black pigment
22 in. (56 cm.) high
Provenance
In the United States prior to 1964.
Exhibited
Columbia University, New York, February 1965.
3500 Years of Chinese Art: Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1987.

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