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LOT 2385
Chinese Tang Large Guardian Terracotta Warrior Figure
TANG DYNASTY, 618-907 A.D. OR LATER
22 7/8 in. (5.2 kg, 58 cm).
Modelled in the round fully armoured soldier wearing a breastplate, armguards, pauldrons and a distinctive headscarf (futou); the armour worn over a coat, closed by a belt, with flaring trousers; both hands held at waist high; traces of pigment to the surfaces.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
Accompanied by a thermoluminescence analysis report no.C118m95 from Oxford Authentication.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12455-226141.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Literature
Cf. Ranitzsch, K.H., The Army of Tang China, Stockport, 1995, pl.6 fig. 29; Peers, C. & Perry, M., Imperial Chinese Armies (2) 590-1260 AD, London, 1996, p.7, for similar.
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LOT 2385
Chinese Tang Large Guardian Terracotta Warrior Figure
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
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