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A MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED MODEL OF AN OFFICIAL
Tang Dynasty
Standing on a sancai splashed base with shaped apertures, wearing
elegant long flowing robes and surcoat with voluminous sleeves,
cascading down to a pleated hem, revealing upturned shoes at the
base, the hands concealed and clasped together holding a tablet, the
painted moustached face with slightly-down-cast eyes, wearing a tall
official’s hat decorated with florettes on the central arch.
101cm (39 3/4in) high.
£8,000 - 10,000
CNY71,000 - 89,000

唐 三彩文官俑

Provenance: Tai Sing Fine Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong
A distinguished American private collection, acquired from the above
in January 2002

來源：香港大成古玩有限公司
美國私人收藏，於2002年1月購自上者

See a similar sancai-glazed pottery figure of a civil official, Tang
dynasty, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics 1,
Early Wares: Prehistoric to Tenth Century, Taipei, 1991, p.246. See 219
also a related pottery figure of a civil official, Tang dynasty, excavated
at Xinzhu County in Baqiao District, Xi’an in 1991, illustrated in Tao
yong: Xi’an wenwu jinghua, Xi’an, 2014, p.113, no.152.

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