CHINE, DYNASTIE SUI (581-618)

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GRAND PERSONNAGE EN TERRE CUITE EMAILLEE
CHINE, DYNASTIE SUI (581-618)
Il représente un soldat debout, les bras le long du corps. Il est vêtu d'un long manteau droit de couleur verte légèrement entrouvert. Il est chaussé de bottes et porte un casque qui lui couvre la nuque. Ses yeux sont exorbités lui donnant un air effrayant. Il porte une longue barbe. Certains détails de son visage sont peints.

Hauteur: 73 cm. (28 ¾ in.)

Provenance

Belgian private collection, acquired from Gisèle Cröes, Brussels, in 1989.

Special notice

This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection details.

Further details

A RARE LARGE GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SOLDIER
CHINA, SUI DYNASTY (581-618)

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Lot Essay

This rare large figure is similar to one in the Tenri Sankokan Museum, Japan, illustrated by W. Watson, Tang and Liao Ceramics, New York, 1984, p. 211, no. 231, where the figure is described as Central Asian. Another similar large figure in the Shanghai Museum is illustrated by J. Fontein and R. Hempel, China, Korea, Japan, Berlin, 1968, pl. 128.

The dating is consistent with the Oxford Authentification thermoluminescence test no. 466d30.

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