拍品專文
The results of Oxford thermoluminescence test nos. 466u37 and 466u38 are consistent with the dating of this lot.
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
細節
A Pair of Painted Pottery Figures of Lokapalas
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Each figure shown standing menacingly atop a prostrate demon supported by the rockwork base, wearing layered armor bound with cords and with horned animal epaulets at the shoulders, their faces modeled with belligerent expressions below an elaborate headdress of flame-like projections, the details picked out in red, black and white pigment
27¼ and 26 3/8 in. (69.2 and 67.0 cm.) high (2)
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Each figure shown standing menacingly atop a prostrate demon supported by the rockwork base, wearing layered armor bound with cords and with horned animal epaulets at the shoulders, their faces modeled with belligerent expressions below an elaborate headdress of flame-like projections, the details picked out in red, black and white pigment
27¼ and 26 3/8 in. (69.2 and 67.0 cm.) high (2)