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TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
细节
A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A SEATED EARTH SPIRIT
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Shown seated with the front hoofs firmly planted atop a pierced rockwork base, the leonine face molded with a fierce expression, the mouth open and bearing sharp teeth below wild, bulging eyes, the body glazed in amber with green and cream dappling along the chest, shoulder-wings and combed mane, the horns glazed in cream curving to either side of a central flame form flange rising from the back of the neck left unglazed and bearing traces of an orange pigment
29¾in. (75.6cm.) high
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Shown seated with the front hoofs firmly planted atop a pierced rockwork base, the leonine face molded with a fierce expression, the mouth open and bearing sharp teeth below wild, bulging eyes, the body glazed in amber with green and cream dappling along the chest, shoulder-wings and combed mane, the horns glazed in cream curving to either side of a central flame form flange rising from the back of the neck left unglazed and bearing traces of an orange pigment
29¾in. (75.6cm.) high
来源
Christie's New York, February 25, 1998, lot 125
拍场告示
Please note that the image for this lot is mislabelled as lot 189.