Lot 353
353
AN UNUSUAL PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SOLDIER

TANG DYNASTY

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AN UNUSUAL PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A SOLDIER
Tang Dynasty
Wearing cape-like armor over the shoulders of his orangy-red tunic, his helmet with upturned ends and long neck flap and his boots with pale green decoration, his hands held before his chest and pierced
16in. (41.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the figure with similar cape-like epaulets, winged helmet and bulging eyes sold in these rooms, 20-21 March 1997, lot 371.
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 466h51 is consistent with the dating of this lot