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LOT 2034
Large Chinese Wei Terracotta Soldier with Shield
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, 386-534 A.D. OR LATER
12 1/8 in. (1.4 kg, 31 cm high).
Hollow-formed, modelled in the round, warrior wearing lamellar armour to chest, back and upper arms, helmet with side-flaps, padded skirt and broad leggings; left hand resting on a long hexagonal shield with midrib, right hand modelled open to accept a spear of shafted weapon.
Provenance
From a West Country, UK, collection, formed in the 1990s.
Literature
Cf. similar item in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession no.25.228.
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