An early Chinese pottery figure of a tomb attendant, T'ang dynasty, 618 - 906
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An early Chinese pottery figure of a tomb attendant, T'ang dynasty, 618 - 906
height: 24cm excluding base, 28cm including base; width: 7,5cm; depth: 7,5cm
Notes
An early Chinese pottery tomb figure of a standing mourner, T’ang dynasty, wearing a belted tunic and jack-boots, with hands held before the body on a wooden base. Covered in a light straw-coloured glaze, with softly modelled facial features and stylised drapery. Funerary figures of this type were placed in tombs to serve and protect the deceased. The surface shows characteristic crackle and gentle toning associated with early earthenware glazes.
Provenance
Exhibited at the T'ang Exhibition, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955.
Further bearing an old Bluett & Sons, London dealer’s label, together with an additional antique dealer’s collection label.
Private Collection.
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