A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A WARRIOR

HAN DYNASTY

細節

A RARE PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
Han Dynasty
Modeled in three separate parts; the figure kneeling on one leg while wielding a detachable sword and holding a detachable leaf-shaped shield, wearing a cylindrical cap and flaring robe, the face with a determined expression exposing his teeth, traces of white pigment remaining
14½in. (37cm.) high, box

出版

The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics I: Neolithic to Liao, Hong Kong, 1993, pl. 54

展覽

Singapore, The Empress Place Museum, Gems of Chinese Art, Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation, 1992 - 1995, no. 17

拍品專文

Compare the very closely related partially kneeling figure with one arm raised, the other holding an identical ribbed shield, and wearing a similar cylindrical cap illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol. 13, Tokyo, 1962, no. 30. Another view, probably of the same figure, dated to the late Han - Western Jin dynasty, is included in the Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics 1, Tokyo, 1988, p. 34, no. 127. See, also, Mario Prodan, The Art of the T'ang Potter, New York, 1960, p. 7 for a bearded, partially kneeling figure wearing a similar flat cap; and Ezekiel Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from Han to Tang, vol. 1, Stamford, 1977, p. 81, fig. 1

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97c77 is consistent with the dating of this lot