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LOT 2426
Large and Finely Modelled Chinese Figure of a Warrior
SUI DYNASTY, 581-618 A.D.
16 in. (1.47 kg, 40.5 cm).
Modelled in the round straw-glazed figure of a warrior with feet together and arms drawn inward, left hand holding a pair of cords issuing from a taotie mask at the chest; ribbed and tiered helmet with open face, gorget at the throat, cuirass with bosses in the form of masks to the chest; shoulder guards with dragon-heads from the shoulders to the elbows in high relief; flared skirt above voluminous trousers and shoes.
Provenancewith ArtAncient, London, UK, 21 January 2015, no.29319.
Private collection, London, UK.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Schloss, E., Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture: From Han Through T’ang, Vol. II, Castle Publishing, Stamford, 1977, p. 59, for a closely related example.
FootnotesThis figure would have stood sentinel at the entrance to a tomb, his fierce countenance and elaborate armour illuminated by the flickering light of ancient funerary rites.
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LOT 2426
Large and Finely Modelled Chinese Figure of a Warrior
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
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