Hannah Thompson
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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
Lot 20
A large Sancai-glazed pottery figure of an official Tang dynasty
16 December 2021, 10:00 PST
Los AngelesUS$8,000 - US$12,000
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A large Sancai-glazed pottery figure of an official
Tang dynasty
Standing upon an integral plinth, the long robes falling in elegant folds over the body, the hands concealed within the long sleeves and clasped at the chest, the garments and plinth splashed with amber, green, and ivory glazes, the unglazed head with details picked out in pigments and donning an upright cap.
32 1/4in (82cm) high
Standing upon an integral plinth, the long robes falling in elegant folds over the body, the hands concealed within the long sleeves and clasped at the chest, the garments and plinth splashed with amber, green, and ivory glazes, the unglazed head with details picked out in pigments and donning an upright cap.
32 1/4in (82cm) high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Richard B. Goldschmidt (1878-1958), purchased in Beijing in 1925, thence by descent.
Published:
Goldschmidt, Richard B., In and out of the Ivory Tower: The Autobiography of Richard B. Goldschmidt, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1960, p. 210 (facing page, lower image).
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