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874- STANDING FIGURE OF A HELMETED WARRIOR, wearing body armour
Aand grieve plates strapped to his legs.
short kUted skirt appears under the armour.

Boldly and strongly modelled in warm buff terra-cotta, which has apparently been

covered with white slip and then glazed with a thin yellowish glaze. Height 23 inches.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

875. WARRIOR, with helmet and body armour worn over short kilted skirt in pale buff

terra-cotta. The figure has apparently not been glazed but was originally decorated

with bright red colour unfired, recalling the style of colourings of figure No. 820.

Height 24 inches. T'ang.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

876. RIDGE TILE, bearing figure of a mounted warrior, the body of the horse supported

by a plinth with a wave base, the whole broadly and vigourously coloured with black,
amber and bright green glazes. Height 17^ inches. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

877. RIDGE TILE, bearing a vigorously modelled dra.gon strongly painted in rich dark

blue, white, amber and greenish turquoise glazes. Height 12 inches, 18^ inches long.

Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

878. RIDGE TILE, with mounted figure, the body of the horse supported by a plinth with

rudely modelled wave base ; the rider is evidently a prisoner taken in war, as his hands
are tied together behind his back. Coloured with strong amber, bright green and

black glazes. Height 17I inches. Early Ming.

Lent by R. H. Benson, Esq.

879. FIGURE OF KWAN YIN (?) STANDING AND HOLDING A ROLL OF THE

SACRED LAW. The figure is made in coarse greyish porcelain and entirely glazed.

The face and hands are glazed with creamy white. The head bears a crown set
with jewels and the hair is fastened with gold pins and tied with ribbons which
descend on to the shoulders at the back. Jewelled ear-rings are in the ears. The
robes are richly coloured with bright green and rich purple-brown glazes edged with
black. The lining of the sleeves is in amber glaze. Ribbons bearing jewels of carved
jade hang over the underskirt. Height 4 feet. Early Ming, (plate i.)

This noble piece, in the serene dignity of its modelling and the splendour of its
colouring, is a revelation of Chinese art and craftsmanship and fitly lorms the cul-

minating point of this Exhibition.

Lent by G. Eumorfopoulos, Esq.

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