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A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A GUARDIAN
Tang dynasty
Powerfully modeled with an intense expression on his bearded face, Provenance
crowned by an elaborate phoenix-form headdress, standing atop a Dragon Treasures Antique, 8 August, 2005
recumbent stag with one foot on its head and the other on its rump,
his hands resting on the hilt of his sword, clad in floral robes with Note: The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd test sample no.
flared upright collar and fluttering sleeves extending from beneath his C106g16 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
armor, all accented with traces of gilding.
26in (66.2cm) high A similar painted pottery guardian in the collection of the Nelson-
Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, is illustrated in The Nelson-Atkins
$4,000 - 6,000 Museum of Art: A Handbook of the Collection, New York, 1993, p.
293, and another similar figure, one of a pair, was sold at Christie’s,
唐 陶加彩鎮墓天王 New York, 22-23 March 2012, lot 1961.

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