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A LARGE SANCAI GLAZED GUARDIAN FIGURE Tang dynasty image 1
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A LARGE SANCAI GLAZED GUARDIAN FIGURE
Tang dynasty

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Chinese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art and Paintings
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
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A LARGE SANCAI GLAZED GUARDIAN FIGURE

Tang dynasty
Standing with his raised right hand clenched to hold a now vanished weapon and his left hand raised to ward off intruders, reinforced by a fearsome visage to his unglazed head while his armor and trailing garments, boots and pierced rockery base are splashed or brushed with green, amber and straw colored glazes.
40 3/4in (103.5cm) high

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唐 三彩天王俑

Burial figures of such large size were manufactured for tombs belonging to the upper echelons of High Tang society. First discovered in the opening years of the 20th century, these figures have continued to be excavated in recent years. See, for example the sancai glazed pottery warrior figure unearthed in the eastern suburbs of Xi'an in 1984 (published in The Gems of Cultural Relics Compiled by the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, Shaanxi lu you chu ban she, 1992, p. 94, 86.7cm high); and a civil official in sancai glaze excavated from Guanlin in the city of Loyang, Henan (published in the exhibition, Imperial Tombs of China, Memphis, 1995, p. 113, 107cm high).

A sancai glazed guardian figure from the Springfield Museums, Springfield Massachusetts, virtually identical to this lot, was sold in Christies, New York, sale 2689, 21-22 March 2013, lot 1162 (42in/106.7cm high). See also the sancai glazed standing dignitary of equally impressive size sold in Bonhams, San Francisco, sale 20982, 24 June 2013, lot 1172 (47 1/2in/120.5cm high).

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A rare Chinese group of the Tyrolean Dancers, Qianlong period, circa 1752
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A KOREAN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED 'GRAPEVINE' GLOBULAR JAR Late Joseon dynasty
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