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THE ROBERT B. AND BEATRICE C. MAYER FAMILY COLLECTION
A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tall dignitary is shown standing on a pierced rock base with the hands clasped in front of his chest and pierced to receive a tablet of rank, wearing a bright green-glazed tunic with wide sleeves and panels hung from straps in front and back splash-glazed in brown, cream and green, over long robes covered with a straw-colored glaze falling to the bright green up-turned toe of the shoes with extensive traces of red and black pigment.
36 ½ in. (92.7 cm) high
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tall dignitary is shown standing on a pierced rock base with the hands clasped in front of his chest and pierced to receive a tablet of rank, wearing a bright green-glazed tunic with wide sleeves and panels hung from straps in front and back splash-glazed in brown, cream and green, over long robes covered with a straw-colored glaze falling to the bright green up-turned toe of the shoes with extensive traces of red and black pigment.
36 ½ in. (92.7 cm) high
Provenance
Warren E. Cox Associates, Inc., New York, 22 May 1968.
Nathan Cummings (1896-1985) Collection, New York.
Acquired by Beatrice C. Mayer on 1 August 1985.
Nathan Cummings (1896-1985) Collection, New York.
Acquired by Beatrice C. Mayer on 1 August 1985.