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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY EARTH SPIRITS, ZHENMUSHOU Tang dynasty
18 March 2019, 10:00 EDT
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A PAIR OF SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY EARTH SPIRITS, ZHENMUSHOU
Tang dynasty
Each modeled seated on a pierced base, with cloven hooves and open wings rising from the front of the shoulders, the sides of the body covered in an amber glaze, the underbelly and legs with an ivory glaze, the remainder splashed with ivory, amber and green; one with a human face, the bulging eyes, broad nose and full lips framed by the elephant-like ears and a flame rising from a horn growing from the top of the unglazed head, the other with a fierce beast's head, surmounted by two deer-like antlers flanking a flame, the mouth with fin-like protrusions at the sides, open to reveal sharp fangs.
The taller 34in (86.36cm) high (2).
Each modeled seated on a pierced base, with cloven hooves and open wings rising from the front of the shoulders, the sides of the body covered in an amber glaze, the underbelly and legs with an ivory glaze, the remainder splashed with ivory, amber and green; one with a human face, the bulging eyes, broad nose and full lips framed by the elephant-like ears and a flame rising from a horn growing from the top of the unglazed head, the other with a fierce beast's head, surmounted by two deer-like antlers flanking a flame, the mouth with fin-like protrusions at the sides, open to reveal sharp fangs.
The taller 34in (86.36cm) high (2).
Footnotes
唐 三彩鎮墓獸一對
Provenance:
Ruth and Richard Dickes
Acquired in New York City, 22 July 1997
The dating of this lot is consistent with the results of an Oxford Authentication Ltd Thermoluminescence test, sample no. C97f42, 8 August 1997