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A RARE MINIATURE BRONZE FIGURE OF A FOREIGNER
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The bearded fgure stands on a narrow base raised on a truncated pin with body turned
slightly to the left, his right hand is held in a fst and pierced and a globular object is held
in the raised left hand. He wears a breech cloth and a scarf tied diagonally around his
torso, and his hair is pulled up into a topknot.
2Ω in,. (6.4 cm.) high

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Christie’s New York, 25 March 1998, lot 60 (part).
The Erwin Harris Collection, Miami, Florida.

唐 銅胡人像

78 THE HARRIS COLLECTION:
IMPORTANT EARLY CHINESE ART