A SANCAI-GLAZED BUFF POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT

TANG DYNASTY

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A SANCAI-GLAZED BUFF POTTERY FIGURE OF AN EARTH SPIRIT
Tang Dynasty
Shown seated on its rear haunches with front legs stiffly braced atop the pierced rockwork base, the chest, wings and flared striated mane all splash-glazed in green, amber and cream while the back and rear haunches are glazed amber, the leonine face modeled with fierce expression and mouth open in a warning roar below a pair of horns flanking an unglazed flame-form crest bearing traces of orangy-red pigment
29.3/8in. (74.6cm.) high

拍品专文

This earth spirit is similar to the figure excavated from the tomb of Crown Prince Zhong Huai and his wife, in Shaanxi province, dated to about 710 A.D. illustrated in Wenwu, 1972:7, p. 20, fig. 12. Compare, also, figures similar in modeling and glaze application in the Eumorfopolous Collection, illustrated by R. L. Hobson in the Catalogue, vol. I, London, 1925, no. 274, pl. XXXVIII

A similarly modeled but larger example was sold in these rooms, June 3, 1993, lot 176

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescene test no. C198c45 is consistent with the dating of this lot