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A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED FIGURE OF A CIVIL OFFICIAL
Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty
The tall figure modelled standing on a pierced rockwork plinth the The standing figure modelled with solemn expression, wearing an
hands concealed within a textured muff in front of the chest, wearing unglazed ‘butterfly’ hat, the long looping robes under splashed and
high-collared, belted robes ending in a row of pleats above the knees, streaked apple-green, pale brown and straw glazes trickling down the
the long ruffle-hemmed under-robe pooling at the base revealing the pierced rockwork base. 71cm (28in) high.
tips of shoes, the robes and base applied and splashed with green,
amber and straw glazes, the unglazed head with alert expression £1,500 - 2,000
below a wedge-shaped cap decorated with a descending bird. CNY14,000 - 18,000
83.2cm (32 3/4in) high.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000 唐 三彩文官俑

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Provenance: an American private collection

唐 三彩武官俑 來源：美國私人舊藏

Provenance: Christie’s London, 20 June 2002, lot 558. See a similar sancai-glazed pottery figure of a civil official, Tang
dynasty, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics
Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne, Summer 1, Early Wares: Prehistoric to Tenth Century,Taipei, 1991, p.246. See
Exhibition, London, 2003, no.40 also Lü Chenglong and Yang Jingrong, Ceramics Gallery of the Palace
Museum, Part I, Beijing, 2008, pl.83.
來源：倫敦佳士得，2002年6月20日，拍品編號558
See a pair of sancai-glazed pottery figures of officials, Tang dynasty,
展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2003年， which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 30 September 2020, lot 1106.
編號40

See a similar sancai-glazed pottery figure of a civil official, Tang
dynasty, in the Henan Provincial Museum, illustrated by Liu Liang-
yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics 1, Early Wares: Prehistoric to
Tenth Century,Taipei, 1991, p.247; see also Lü Chenglong and Yang
Jingrong, Ceramics Gallery of the Palace Museum, Part I, Beijing,
2008, pl.84.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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