Lot 194
194
Three Amber-Glazed Red Pottery Figures of Foreigners
PROPERTY FROM THE SCHLOSS COLLECTION
Three Amber-Glazed Red Pottery Figures of Foreigners

TANG DYNASTY

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Three Amber-Glazed Red Pottery Figures of Foreigners
Tang dynasty
All similarly modeled with a short beard and mustache, wearing a cloth cap tied around the head and an amber-glazed tunic, one figure with the sleeve worn off the right arm and his hands held in pierced fists, his left fist at his shoulder, the other two with their left hand resting on the hilt of their sword
11in. (28cm.) high, stands (3)

Lot Essay

A pottery figure of a foreign man playing a flute similar in style to this group is published in the exhibition catalogue, Seeking Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California, 1996, no. 33, p. 46.

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