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1228 A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY STANDING FIGURES OF ATTENDANTS
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Each shown standing on a shaped rock base and wearing long robes with hands concealed within the
sleeves, one with animated expression, the other with serene expression, both with traces of black, red
and green pigment
The largest, 42Ω in. (108 cm.) high (2)
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE
Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 1732 A, B.

Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminesence tests no. C119a2 and C119a3 are consistent with the
dating of this lot.
唐 彩繪陶俑一對

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