GRANDE STATUE DE PALEFRENIER EN TERRE CUITE EMAILLEE SANCAI

CHINE, DYNASTIE TANG (618-907 AP.JC.)

Details

GRANDE STATUE DE PALEFRENIER EN TERRE CUITE EMAILLEE SANCAI
CHINE, DYNASTIE TANG (618-907 AP.JC.)
The tall figure is standing on a rectangular plinth, with his hands positioned as if they are holding reins. He is dressed in a knee-length tunic secured at the waist with a broad belt. The unglazed head is moulded with the hair pulled up under a double-knotted cap.
27 3/8 in. (69.5 cm.) high

Literature

Eskenazi Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes and ceramics, 23 March-3 April 1999, n.15, New York.

Exhibited

Eskenazi Ltd. at Pacewildenstein, New York, 1999.

Further details

A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED FIGURE OF A GROOM
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

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Lot Essay

See a very comparable figure of groom, illustrated in Mario Prodan, The Art of the T'ang Potter, pl. 20, London, 1960. Also see a similar figure illustrated by Luoyang Cultural Relics Work Team, Ancient Treasures of Luoyang, 9. 89, fig. 4, Beijing, 1990.

Oxford thermoluminescence test no. C199f72, 12 Feburary 1999, is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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