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TANG DYNASTY
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A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT
tang dynasty
Shown seated on a rockwork base, with green feathered wings rising from the shoulders, the chest splash-glazed and the back glazed amber, the face flanked by large ears and crisply moulded with short curly beard, mustache and furrowed brow below three flame-like horns and a large single black horn, traces of red, black and white pigment
15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high
tang dynasty
Shown seated on a rockwork base, with green feathered wings rising from the shoulders, the chest splash-glazed and the back glazed amber, the face flanked by large ears and crisply moulded with short curly beard, mustache and furrowed brow below three flame-like horns and a large single black horn, traces of red, black and white pigment
15¼ in. (38.8 cm.) high