A RARE MINIATURE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DRUMMER

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A RARE MINIATURE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DRUMMER
TANG DYNASTY

Shown seated with left knee bent to help support the hourglass-shaped drum held in his hands, wearing amber robes, the remainder of the body and drum splashed in blue, green and cream glaze, the head unglazed and well-modeled with a full face below a peaked cap--3 1/2 in. (8.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

See lot , for a phosphatic splashed-glazed pottery drum dating to the Tang dynasty of the same shape as the drum held by the musician