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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 582

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A FOREIGN MERCHANT, TANG DYNASTY
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF A FOREIGN MERCHANT
TANG DYNASTY
唐 銅鎏金胡人立像

the figure standing with the proper right hand on the belt, the face set with arched brows, large almond eyes, and a closely
cropped, finely delineated beard, outfitted in a belted robe with prominent lapels and side slits, the back of the belt with a large tab
or pouch, raised on an integral rectangular base, modern stand, Japanese wood box (5)

Height 3⅓ in., 8.5 cm

Provenance
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987).
Christie's New York, 1st December 1994, lot 57.

來源
亞瑟•M•賽克勒 (1913-1987) 收藏
紐約佳士得1994年12月1日，編號57

Catalogue Note
Compare a closely related gilt-bronze figure once in the Bliss Washington, Minkenhof, and Hart Collections, respectively, included
in the C.T. Loo & Co., Exhibition of Chinese Arts, New York, 1941, cat. no. 192; subsequently illustrated in Hugo Munsterberg,
Sculpture of the Orient, New York, 1972, pl. 91; and in the exhibition Ancient Chinese bronze vessels, gilt bronzes and sculptures;

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