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178 Provenance Exhibited and Published
Oriental Ceramic Society, Two Thousand
A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A Rolf, Lord Cunliffe (1899-1963), Honorary Years of Chinese Ceramic Figures, London, 8
MUSICIAN Keeper of the Far Eastern Collections at the April - 21 June 1947, no.36
Tang Dynasty Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Oriental Ceramic Society, Pre-T’ang Wares,
The well-modelled figure wearing a long C.W. Moller Collection London, 29 April - 10 June 1953, no.102
belted robe with flaring sleeves and loose Sotheby’s, London, 13 December 1946, lot
trousers, vividly depicted with his head and 27 Related examples of Tang musicians are
body gently leaning towards the left, both legs Acquired from Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 11 illustrated by R. Krahl, Collection Julius
bent, the right arm partially raised and the left January 1947 Eberhardt, Early Chinese Art, Hong Kong,
hand closed as if strumming a pipa, the face The Cunliffe Collection, no.PH8, and thence 1999, pl. 125 and in Galerie Lafayette, Les
with a serene expression and hair gathered by descent Tresors de la Dynasty Tang, Paris, 1993, cat.
in a high knot, with traces of gilding and no. 6.
polychrome pigments. 26.1cm (10 1/4in) high

£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,700 - 13,000 HK$9,800 - 15,000

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