Property of a New York Estate
Two Red Pottery Figures of Guardians
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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Two Red Pottery Figures of Guardians
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Each standing on a cylindrical base, wearing a half-length tunic, baggy trousers and cord-bound armor with large lion-mask epaulets at the shoulders, the face with pointed nose and large eyes below a deeply furrowed forehead, details of a goatee, eyebrows and whiskers picked out in pigment, both hands in fists and the left bent at the elbow, one with face turned slightly to the left, the other to the right, traces of orange, red and black pigment
30½in. (77.5cm.) high (2)
Tang dynasty (618-907)
Each standing on a cylindrical base, wearing a half-length tunic, baggy trousers and cord-bound armor with large lion-mask epaulets at the shoulders, the face with pointed nose and large eyes below a deeply furrowed forehead, details of a goatee, eyebrows and whiskers picked out in pigment, both hands in fists and the left bent at the elbow, one with face turned slightly to the left, the other to the right, traces of orange, red and black pigment
30½in. (77.5cm.) high (2)