Lot 790
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A LARGE OLIVE-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FOREIGN SOLDIER
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A LARGE OLIVE-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FOREIGN SOLDIER

CHINA, SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)

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A LARGE OLIVE-GLAZED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FOREIGN SOLDIER
CHINA, SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-618)
Shown standing stiffly on a circular base and wearing a long, olive-glazed coat with rounded collar, the sleeves hanging by the sides, a large splash of glaze partially covers his cap and his unglazed face modeled with a short beard, mustache, and almond-shaped eyes, the head with traces of pigment
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Christian Humann (d. 1981), by 1965, named the Pan-Asian Collection by 1977.
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, acquired in 1982.
Exhibited
On loan: Denver Art Museum, 1965-1983.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

This rare figure is similar in type to a figure of a bearded foreigner in the Tenri Sankokan Museum, Japan, illustrated by W. Watson in Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984, p. 211, no. 231. The long coat and stance, as well as large size, are similar.

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