Lot Essay
The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 666s90 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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TANG DYNASTY
Details
Two Painted Pottery Figures of Semitic Merchants
Tang Dynasty
Each modelled slightly bent over, one on an oval base, wearing a tall peaked cap and with a pointed beard, bearing a large backpack slung over his shoulders and carrying a flask at his side, traces of pink, black and orange pigment
10¼ and 10.3/8in. (26 and 26.4cm.) high (2)
Tang Dynasty
Each modelled slightly bent over, one on an oval base, wearing a tall peaked cap and with a pointed beard, bearing a large backpack slung over his shoulders and carrying a flask at his side, traces of pink, black and orange pigment
10¼ and 10.3/8in. (26 and 26.4cm.) high (2)
Literature
Ezekiel Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, 1977, vol. I, p. 103, fig. 12.
Exhibited
New York, China Institute in America, Foreigners in Ancient Chinese Art, 1969, pl. 12.