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TANG DYNASTY
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A Rare Slender Pottery Figure of a Foreigner
Tang Dynasty
Possibly depicting an African or Central Asian, the figure standing upright with hands held in fists at his waist, his belted robe falling to the tops of his boots, with short curly hair, traces of red and black pigment on the face, the belt and boots
9.1/8in. (23.5cm.) high
Tang Dynasty
Possibly depicting an African or Central Asian, the figure standing upright with hands held in fists at his waist, his belted robe falling to the tops of his boots, with short curly hair, traces of red and black pigment on the face, the belt and boots
9.1/8in. (23.5cm.) high
Literature
Ezekiel Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, vol. I, p. 108, fig. 14.