拍品 101
101
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE AND WELL-MATCHED PAIR OF SANCAI POTTERY FIGURES OF LOKAPALA, each guardian standing on the head and rump of a recumbent bull, one with right arm raised and left hand on hip, the other in mirror image, each with full armour including dragon-head epaulettes and breastplate wearing an elaborate phoenix-like head-piece, the bodies under matching splashes of green, amber and straw glazes, the heads unglazed and with traces of red pigment (neck restored, other minor restoration), Tang Dynasty

细节
A FINE AND WELL-MATCHED PAIR OF SANCAI POTTERY FIGURES OF LOKAPALA, each guardian standing on the head and rump of a recumbent bull, one with right arm raised and left hand on hip, the other in mirror image, each with full armour including dragon-head epaulettes and breastplate wearing an elaborate phoenix-like head-piece, the bodies under matching splashes of green, amber and straw glazes, the heads unglazed and with traces of red pigment (neck restored, other minor restoration), Tang Dynasty
92.5cm. high (2)

拍品专文

A similar lokapala from the tomb of General An Pu and his wife was excavated at Luoyang, Henan province, in 1981. Cf. The Silk Road, Treasures of Tang China, Catalogue, p.91. Anther with a somewhat different phoenix helmet in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Margaret Medley, T'ang Pottery and Porcelain, no.54