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
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
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