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THE IRVING COLLECTION 歐雲伉儷珍藏 (LOTS 1701-1763)





















































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          THREE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES                  A SET OF GILT-BRONZE HARNESS ORNAMENTS
          TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)                      LIAO DYNASTY (AD 907-1125)
          The group comprises an official kowtowing and two standing figures   The group comprises six T-shaped plaques, eleven rounded-
          of foreigners with their hands clasped in front of their chests, all with   rectangular plaques, and four shield-shaped plaques. The set also
          remains of green and orange pigments.          includes two buckles and loops, each cast in openwork with floral
                                                         scroll. Some of the plaques are mounted on leather.
          The largest, 7º in. (18.2 cm.) high        (3)
                                                         The largest, 3 in. (7.2 cm.) wide, cloth box   (21)
          $3,000-5,000
                                                         $7,000-9,000
          PROVENANCE:
          Spink & Son Ltd., London, 10 October 1988.     PROVENANCE:
          The Irving Collection, New York.               The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

          唐 彩繪陶俑三尊                                       遼 銅鎏金花卉紋馬飾一組
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