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NORTHERN WEI PERIOD (386-534),
Details
A PAINTED GREY POTTERY FIGURE OF A FOREIGN SOLDIER,
Northern Wei Period (386-534),
The flat-backed standing figure shown with head turned and face modeled in a snarling expression, wearing a close-fitting helmet and a breast plate over a tunic with flared skirt and full pants gathered at the knees, painted in dark red, pink and black
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high
Northern Wei Period (386-534),
The flat-backed standing figure shown with head turned and face modeled in a snarling expression, wearing a close-fitting helmet and a breast plate over a tunic with flared skirt and full pants gathered at the knees, painted in dark red, pink and black
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 12 February 1997, lot 149.
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.