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A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE
OF AN OFFICIAL
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
The tall dignitary is shown standing on a pierced rock base with the
hands clasped in front of his chest and pierced to receive a tablet
of rank, wearing a bright green-glazed tunic with wide sleeves and
panels hung from straps in front and back splash-glazed in brown,
cream and green, over long robes covered with a straw-colored
glaze falling to the bright green up-turned toe of the shoes with
extensive traces of red and black pigment.
36Ω in. (92.7 cm) high
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
Warren E. Cox Associates, Inc., New York, 22 May 1968.
Nathan Cummings (1896-1985) Collection, New York.
Acquired by Beatrice C. Mayer on 1 August 1985.
唐 三彩文官俑

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