A BLUE, AMBER AND STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A MAN HOLDING A GOOSE

TANG DYNASTY

细节

A BLUE, AMBER AND STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A MAN HOLDING A GOOSE
Tang Dynasty
Modeled as a foreigner with hooked nose, scowling expression and short curly hair bound by a fillet shown seated atop a cloth-draped outcropping of rock, his raised and folded right leg helping to support the plump goose held in his arms while being force-fed through the cone in its open beak, the merchant's coat glazed in amber, the long-sleeved undergarment splash-glazed in blue, straw and amber glazes as are the feathers of the goose
12in. (30.5cm.) high

拍品专文

Figures of this type incorporating blue in addition to the usual sancai glaze are unusual and comparatively rare. Compare the sancai example illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1993, no. 128 and another example from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, sold in these rooms, December 1, 1994, lot 151A. The goose being force-fed with a funnel is sometimes identified as a wine vessel, and also appears with other types of figures. One such, a man with similar foreign features, was included in the exhibition, Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, Catalogue, no. 43