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Auction archive: Lot number 312

A RARE MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT OFFIC...

Estimate
US$50,000 - US$70,000
Price realised:
US$50,000
Auction archive: Lot number 312

A RARE MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT OFFIC...

Estimate
US$50,000 - US$70,000
Price realised:
US$50,000
Beschreibung:

A RARE MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT OFFICIAL
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
A RARE MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT OFFICIAL TANG DYNASTY (618-907) The elegant courtier boldly modeled standing on a splash-glazed, pierced rock-form base with hands held out in front, the right raised to hold an object, wearing a sancai -glazed breastplate over a long-sleeved amber tunic with green lining, cream-glazed trousers and amber shoes with slightly upturned toes, the unglazed face washed with a pale orange-red pigment and modeled with full cheeks and high arched eyebrows, the hair delicately rendered in black pigment, the head surmounted by a tall cap modeled with a bird in flight 51 in. (129.5 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 312
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A RARE MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT OFFICIAL
TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
A RARE MASSIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF A COURT OFFICIAL TANG DYNASTY (618-907) The elegant courtier boldly modeled standing on a splash-glazed, pierced rock-form base with hands held out in front, the right raised to hold an object, wearing a sancai -glazed breastplate over a long-sleeved amber tunic with green lining, cream-glazed trousers and amber shoes with slightly upturned toes, the unglazed face washed with a pale orange-red pigment and modeled with full cheeks and high arched eyebrows, the hair delicately rendered in black pigment, the head surmounted by a tall cap modeled with a bird in flight 51 in. (129.5 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 312
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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