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A MONuMeNTAl PAINTed ANd gIlded POTTeRy
FIguRe OF lOKAPAlA, TANg dyNAsTy

China, 618-907. Powerfully modeled, shown standing atop a
recumbent deer with one foot on its head and the other on its
rump, overall in a dramatic pose with the right hand raised to hold a
coiled snake (removable, made of unfired clay). His face with intense
gaze below the tall phoenix-form crown, the belly protrudes from
underneath his layered armor worn under long robes which trail down
from the broad, stiff collar. The armor and robes are picked out in
turquoise, blue and orange pigment and painted with floral scroll, the
edges of the armor are richly gilded. Such original gilding still being
well preserved on a Tang Dynasty statue is extremely rare!
Provenance: An Italian private collection.
Galerie Zacke, Vienna, December 12th,
2002. Dr. Mons Fischer, acquired from
the above for EUR €40,950. A copy of
the invoice from Galerie Zacke, Vienna,
December 12th, 2002, is accompanying this
lot. A seasoned private collector of modern
and contemporary art, Dr. Mons Fischer Weight: 46.9 kg
has also acquired fine Chinese works of art Dimensions: Height 162 cm (including the base), 140 cm (just the statue
since the 1980s, eventually building one of including the snake) and 127 cm (just the statue)
the most important collections of its kind Dr. and Mrs. Mons Fischer
in Austria. Modern base, enabling 360° rotation of the statue. (2)
condition: Some repair and touchups with modern polychromes, all
exactly as expected from original Tang dynasty excavations of this size. Literature comparison: Figures of this type were placed in the entry corridor
Losses, fissures and encrustations. Three drilled holes from sample- of tombs, along with pairs of officials and pairs of earth spirits, as evidenced
taking. Overall superb condition. by the location of such figures in the previously undisturbed Tang dynasty
scientific Report 1: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued tomb of General An Pu discovered at Longmen, Luoyang. See r.L. Thorp,
by Oxford Authentication on February 13th, 2020, based on sample Son of Heaven: Imperial Art of China, Seattle, 1988, pp. 199-205. A painted
number C120a49, sets the firing date of three samples taken at 900 – pottery lokapala similar to the present figure, elaborately armored, but of
1500 years ago. A copy of the report, issued by Oxford Authentication, is much smaller size (71.1 cm.), is in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas
accompanying this lot. City, and is illustrated in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A Handbook of
scientific Report 2: A detailed pigment and gilding analysis report, the Collection, Hudson Hills Press, New york, 1993, p. 293.
issued by Laboratoire M.S.M.A.P. SArL, Sciences des Matériaux Anciens
et du Patrimoine - Etude des objets d’art, Nr. MSMAP 20-036 OA, dated AucTION ResulT
March 3rd, 2020, is accompanying this object. (please also see detailed cOMPARIsON
scans of the report online at www.zacke.at) The study reveals the Compare with a closely related but much smaller
presence of an ancient gilding and remains of an ancient polychromy on pair of Lokapalas at Christies New york in Fine
the sculpture. repaints of a modern polychromy have been detected as Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art (Parts I & II), 22
well, see condition report. - 23 March 2012, lot 1961, sold for USD $86,500.

彩繪天王陶像，唐代
中國，618-907。雄壯威武的天王立像，站立在臥著的鹿背上，一隻腳踩在頭上，另
一隻腳踩在背部，總體上是一個十分戲劇性的姿勢，右手抬起握住盤繞的蛇（可移
動，由未燒製的粘土製成）。 雙眼圓睜，戴著鳳凰狀的皇冠，長袍分層盔甲。 盔甲
和長袍部分使用青綠色、藍色和橙色顏料，花卉紋飾，盔甲的邊緣鍍金。 這樣的原
始鎏金仍然保存的唐代雕像是極為罕見的！
來源：一個意大利私人老收藏。維也納Zacke藝廊，2002年12月12日。Dr. Mons
Fischer購於上述藝廊，成交價EUR €40.950。隨附發票複印件。Dr. Mons Fischer是
一位經驗豐富的現代和當代藝術私人收藏家，從1980年代開始收藏中國藝術品，最
TesT 終在奧地利建立了此類藏品最重要的收藏之一。
品相：用現代的彩色顏料進行的一些維修和修整，完全符合唐代原始發掘的此列石像
的尺寸。 可見缺損、裂縫和結殼。爲了測試而造成的三個鑽孔。 總體狀況極佳。
科學報告：隨附牛津熱釋光測試報告拷貝與M.S.M.A.P. SARL研究所鎏金和彩繪顔料
測試報告掃描件請查詢www.zacke.at
重量：46.9 公斤
尺寸：含底座高162厘米，140厘米(佛像和蛇)，僅佛像127厘米
拍賣結果比較：一件類似但小些的一對天王2012年3月22-23日于紐約佳士得《中國
陶瓷和工藝品（I & II）》拍號1961，成交價USD $86.500。
estimate euR 20.000,-
Starting price EUr 10.000,-

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