A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT

A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT
Tang Dynasty
The well-modeled figure shown seated on a rockwork base, with amber-glazed body and belly and wings striped in green, amber and cream, the large elephantine ears and fiercely scowling humanoid face left unglazed below unusual intertwined horns set in front of a forked crest rising from the cream-glazed fin-like spine extending up the back
35in. (90.2cm.) high