VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EARTH SPIRITS
TANG DYNASTY
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A PAIR OF PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURES OF EARTH SPIRITS
Tang Dynasty
Each mythical creature shown seated with hooved feet firmly planted upon the rockwork base, modeled with feathered wings at the shoulders and striated flanges projecting from the front legs and the sides of the neck, one with fierce leonine mask below a pair of horns flanking a central, barbed horn, the other with scowling human face, large fanned ears and a single twisted horn, traces of orange, reddish-orange, yellowish-green and black pigment
27½ and 25¾ in. (69.8 and 65.4 cm.) high (2)
Tang Dynasty
Each mythical creature shown seated with hooved feet firmly planted upon the rockwork base, modeled with feathered wings at the shoulders and striated flanges projecting from the front legs and the sides of the neck, one with fierce leonine mask below a pair of horns flanking a central, barbed horn, the other with scowling human face, large fanned ears and a single twisted horn, traces of orange, reddish-orange, yellowish-green and black pigment
27½ and 25¾ in. (69.8 and 65.4 cm.) high (2)