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1227 A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURES OF EARTH SPIRITS
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Each winged fgure shown seated on a pierced rock base, the unglazed heads, one with beast-like face,
the other with humanoid face, with painted details, both fgures and bases splashed with amber, green
and cream glazes
The largest, 35 in. (90.2 cm.) high (2)
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE
Donald J. Wineman, New York, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 1722.

Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminesence tests no. C119a6 and C119a6 are consistent with the
dating of this lot.
唐 三彩鎮墓獸一對

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