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PROPERTY FROM THE
PETER SCHEINMAN COLLECTION
1276
A GREY POTTERY FIGURE
OF A DIGNITARY
WESTERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 535-556)
The fgure is shown standing on a rectangular
base, his raised right hand hollowed to hold a
now missing object, and wearing ‘leather’ armor
strapped over a heavy tunic with stif collar, and
long, loose trousers. There are traces of white slip,
and orangish-red and black pigment.
15æ in. (40 cm.) high

$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE
Peter Scheinman (1932-2017) Collection,
New York, before 1992.
EXHIBITED
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore,
Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese Ceramics from
the Scheinman Collection, 9 September to
8 November 1992.
LITERATURE
F. Klapthor, Born of Earth and Fire: Chinese
Ceramics from the Scheinman Collection,
Baltimore, 1992, p. 53, no. 29.
This fgure is stylistically similar to a group of
fgures found in Shaanxi province and dated to
the Western Wei dynasty, some of which were
included in the exhibition, The Quest for Eternity,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987, pp. 80
and 125, nos. 53-54.
西魏 灰陶文官立像

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