Chinese Ming Glazed Terracotta Tomb Attendant

MING DYNASTY, 1368-1644 A.D. OR LATER

9 7/8 in. (438 grams, 24.5 cm).

Modelled standing with the right hand inside the sleeve, left hand held to the chest holding a trumpet; on a tiered base. [No Reserve]

Provenance

North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

See Bower, V., From Court to Caravan: Chinese Tomb Sculptures from the Collection of Anthony M.Solomon in the Harvard Art Museum, Yale, 2002.

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