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A FINE PAIR OF PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURES OF SOLDIERS
han dynasty
Each similarly modelled wearing a long red coat with wide sleeves and a high collar over full short pants and tall black boots, with armour protecting the sides of legs and covering the breast and back, each large hand with fingers curled as if holding a spear, the triangular faces with well-defined powerful features, the hair pulled up with a headband and coiled to the back of the head, extensive traces of black, white, red and pink pigment remaining
19 1/8in. (48.5cm.) high, stands (2)
han dynasty
Each similarly modelled wearing a long red coat with wide sleeves and a high collar over full short pants and tall black boots, with armour protecting the sides of legs and covering the breast and back, each large hand with fingers curled as if holding a spear, the triangular faces with well-defined powerful features, the hair pulled up with a headband and coiled to the back of the head, extensive traces of black, white, red and pink pigment remaining
19 1/8in. (48.5cm.) high, stands (2)