A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT with human face modelled in a seated position on a flat base and staring straight ahead, his straight forelegs supporting his sinuous body, with thick neck merging to a man's face displaying large red lips, broad nose, all below a horn, painted in white slip with traces of red and black pigments (horn restuck and chipped, base chipped), Tang Dynasty

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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT with human face modelled in a seated position on a flat base and staring straight ahead, his straight forelegs supporting his sinuous body, with thick neck merging to a man's face displaying large red lips, broad nose, all below a horn, painted in white slip with traces of red and black pigments (horn restuck and chipped, base chipped), Tang Dynasty
37.5cm. high

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