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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JULIA AND JOHN CURTIS
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A QINGBAI FIGURE OF A COURT DIGNITARY
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The fgure is shown standing with the right arm raised in a gesture and the left
arm lowered to the side and is dressed in a long robe with carved folds that
falls to the fat circular base. The head is slightly raised and turned to the right,
and the face is modeled with angular features and thick eyebrows, all beneath
a ribbon-tied cap. The fgure is covered overall in a slightly crackled, pale olive-
green glaze.
10º in. (26.1 cm.) high
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988.
宋 青白釉文官像

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AN IRON-SPLASHED QINGBAI FIGURE OF A GROOM
SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279)
The fgure is shown standing with the left arm raised and the right arm
lowered in the action of controlling the reins of a horse, and is dressed in a long
robe with carved folds that falls to the fat octagonal base. The head is slightly
raised and turned toward the raised hand and the face is modeled with angular
features beneath a low cap.
8º in. (21 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, 1989.
宋 青白釉褐彩男俑

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