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The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 666k79 is consistent with the dating of this lot
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A PAIR OF PAINTED BUFF POTTERY OFFICIALS
TANG DYNASTY
Each figure standing atop a black-painted base with his hands clasped before him within the long, narrow sleeves protruding from beneath the full sleeves of his three-quarter-length tunic painted in orange-red pigment with foliate-scroll borders repeated on the breast plate, each with green pigment on the back-plate and wearing cloud-toed shoes protruding from beneath the hem of the long skirt, the faces well detailed in black and red pigment below an official's cap, chips, some restoration--30¾in. (78.2cm.) high (2)
TANG DYNASTY
Each figure standing atop a black-painted base with his hands clasped before him within the long, narrow sleeves protruding from beneath the full sleeves of his three-quarter-length tunic painted in orange-red pigment with foliate-scroll borders repeated on the breast plate, each with green pigment on the back-plate and wearing cloud-toed shoes protruding from beneath the hem of the long skirt, the faces well detailed in black and red pigment below an official's cap, chips, some restoration--30¾in. (78.2cm.) high (2)