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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT AMERICAN FAMILY
COLLECTION
AN AMBER AND GREEN-GLAZED
POTTERY FIGURE OF A GROOM
TANG DYNASTY
well-modeled, standing attentively atop a
square base, hands raised by the waist as if
holding reins, wearing a long amber-glazed robe
belted at the waist and open at the chest with
a wide green-glazed lapel. the unglazed head
with hair parted and pulled back in a braided
updo, the foreign face conveying determination,
traces of pigment
Height 22 in., 55.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Irene and Earl (1908-1988) Morse,
and thence by descent.
EXHIBITED
Spiritual and Ritual, The Morse Collection of
Ancient Chinese Art, The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York, 1982, cat. no 40.
$ 6,000-8,000

唐 三彩馬伕立俑
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來源
Irene 及 Earl (1908-1988) Morse 伉儷收藏，
此後家族傳承
展覽
《Spiritual and Ritual, The Morse Collection
of Ancient Chinese Art》，大都會藝術博物
館，紐約，1982年，編號40

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A PAINTED GRAY POTTERY FIGURE
OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
HAN DYNASTY
striding forward with head lowered, the mouth
pulled back in a fierce snarl, the arched
neck ridged with three pointed horns, three
compressed bosses along the spine, a pair of
stylized wings over the powerful forelegs, the
tail raised and curling over the back, traces of
white slip
Length 14 in., 35.6 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Alfred Speelman (1907-2004).
$ 8,000-12,000

752
漢 灰陶加彩瑞獸
來源
Alfred Speelman (1907-2004) 收藏

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