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A SET OF TWELVE PAINTED POTTERY ZODIAC 唐 陶加彩生肖俑一套十二件 A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE OF A PACK
FIGURES HORSE
TANG DYNASTY 來源 NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY
(12) 紐約蘇富比1992年12月1日，編號245 Length 8⅝ in., 22 cm
Height of tallest 7⅛ in., 18.2 cm
本拍品中猴俑經牛津熱釋光檢測編號666f6，
PROVENANCE 結果與其斷代相符 PROVENANCE
Virginia Private Collection, until 1992.
Sotheby’s New York, 1st December 1992, lot 245.
Compare a similar painted pottery horse carrying heavy
It is rare to find a complete set of twelve zodiac animals. packs, previously exhibited in Boston Museum of Fine
A set of similar zodiac figures of larger size, in the Arts, Currier Gallery of Art and Worcester Art Museum,
Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession no. 2000.662.7a–l), sold in these rooms, 7th November 1980, lot 41. Another
is included in the Museum’s exhibition Celebrating the Year slightly smaller pack horse formerly in the Aurelius Parenti
of the Rabbit, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2023.
Collection, sold in Christie’s New York, 3rd June 1988,
The dating of the monkey figure is consistent with the results lot 188.
of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test 749 The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of Oxford
no. 666f6.
Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. 766j71.
$ 5,000-7,000
$ 4,000-6,000
北魏 灰陶加彩馬
來源
弗吉尼亞州私人收藏，至1992年
本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號766j71，結果與其斷代
相符

750

PROPERTY FROM A HAWAII PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
TANG DYNASTY
affixed to wood stand
Height 23⅜ in., 59.5 cm

PROVENANCE
E&J Frankel, New York, 1980-81.
For a similar painted pottery guardian, see Ezekiel Schloss,
Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture from Han through T’ang,
Connecticut, 1977, pl. 86.

$ 8,000-12,000
唐 陶加彩天王立俑

來源
E&J Frankel，紐約，1980至1981年
750

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