SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-617)

Details

A STRAW-GLAZED STONEWARE FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT
SUI DYNASTY (AD 581-617)
The ferocious figure is shown seated on a rectangular base with front legs stiffly braced and claws spread, the jaws open on the sides and the teeth bared. The feline face has a scowling expression below the ribbed horns that sweep back to flank the forked top of the segmented spines that center applied comma-shaped curls. The whole is covered with a crackle-suffused clear glaze of olive color.
15 5/8 in. (39.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private American Collection before 1999.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, May 2002.
George S. Heyer, Jr. (1930-2015) Collection.

Lot Essay

Compare the similar figure described as white-glazed with dark brown details from Anyang, and dated Sui dynasty, illustrated by Zhang Bai in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China - 12 - Henan, Beijing, 2008, no. 41.

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. P299j6 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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