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742
TWO LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF
LOKAPALA
TANG DYNASTY
each formidable guardian figure modeled standing atop a
recumbent bull, in a menacing stance with the right arm
raised, the other set at the waist, both fists clenched,
wearing elaborate military attire, the powerful shoulders
enhanced by makara-form epaulets, the armored breast
plate bound with cords and sashes, the fringed apron tunic
worn over a long skirt billowing out at the sides above
the greaves and boots, the head vigorously modeled with
bulbous eyes protruding from beneath furrowed brows,
bearing a fierce expression and framed by a tall phoenix-
headed helmet, traces of black-painted floral motif on the
tunic and white, red and black pigments overall (2)
Height of taller 40½ in., 102.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Potter Palmer, Jr. (1875-1943).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago in 1941 (acc.
nos 1941.1015 and 1941.1017).
$ 15,000-20,000

唐 陶加彩天王立俑兩尊

來源
742 Potter Palmer 二世 (1875-1943) 收藏
1941年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，館藏編號
1941.1015及1941.1017

743

A LARGE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A
CAMEL
TANG DYNASTY
modeled standing foursquare on a rectangular base with
arched neck and head thrown back, mouth agape and
nostrils flared, with simulated tufted hair at the head, neck
and upper legs, a pair of bulging ‘monster mask’ saddlebags
set between twisted skeins slung between the two humps
and secured on projecting packboards, the pleat-hemmed
saddle cloth beneath, traces of white slip and ocher, iron red,
red and black pigments
Height 30¼ in., 76.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Potter Palmer, Jr. (1875-1943).
Gifted to the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago by in 1941
(acc. no. 1941.1016).
$ 8,000-12,000

唐 陶加彩駱駝
來源
Potter Palmer 二世 (1875-1943) 收藏
743
1941年贈予芝加哥藝術博物館，芝加哥，館藏編號
1941.1016

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