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AN UNUSUAL PAINTED RED POTTERY FIGURE OF A DEMON
TANG DYNASTY
The fierce, muscular figure shown in a dramatic pose with right arm extended and left arm bent, each hand modeled with three claws and his feet with two claws, wearing a short tiger skin skirt secured below his belly, his head turned to the left and his face modeled as that of some fantastic, roaring beast below a pair of horns and a headdress, with traces of red, pale green, black, ochre and flesh-colored pigment on a white slip (some restoration)
11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) high, box
TANG DYNASTY
The fierce, muscular figure shown in a dramatic pose with right arm extended and left arm bent, each hand modeled with three claws and his feet with two claws, wearing a short tiger skin skirt secured below his belly, his head turned to the left and his face modeled as that of some fantastic, roaring beast below a pair of horns and a headdress, with traces of red, pale green, black, ochre and flesh-colored pigment on a white slip (some restoration)
11 1/8in. (28.2cm.) high, box