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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY articulated, each bearing differing expressions, 唐 三彩文官立俑一對
FIGURES OF CIVIL OFFICIALS one serene below a small wedge-shaped cap,
TANG DYNASTY the other alert with animated features beneath 來源
a taller upcurved hat (2) Joseph Winterbotham 二世 (1878-1954) 收藏
each modeled standing on a pierced rockwork Height of taller 41½ in., 105.4 cm 1954年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，
plinth, with hands concealed within a textured 館藏編號1954.415a-b
muff in front of the chest, wearing high- PROVENANCE
collared, full-sleeved, belted robes ending in Collection of Joseph Winterbotham, Jr. (1878-
a slender row of pleats above the knees, the 1954).
long ruffle-hemmed under-robe pooling at the Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago in
base revealing the tips of shoes, the robes and 1954 (acc. no. 1954.415a-b).
base applied and splashed with green, amber
and straw glazes, the unglazed head well $ 20,000-30,000

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