Lot Essay
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C97d40 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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TANG DYNASTY
Details
A Sancai-Glazed Pottery Figure of a Seated Earth Spirit
Tang Dynasty
Seated on his haunches on a pierced rounded square base, the face unglazed with large ears, horn and a simple flame to the back of the head, the brow with some straw glaze, the chest and trunk splash-glazed in green, the wings incised and with green glaze
34in. (86.3cm.) high
Tang Dynasty
Seated on his haunches on a pierced rounded square base, the face unglazed with large ears, horn and a simple flame to the back of the head, the brow with some straw glaze, the chest and trunk splash-glazed in green, the wings incised and with green glaze
34in. (86.3cm.) high
Exhibited
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Seeking Immortality: Early Chinese Ceramics from the Schloss Collection, 20 September 1998 - 3 January 1999, no. 171.