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TWO PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF WARRIORS Northern Wei
TWO PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF WARRIORS Northern Wei
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TWO PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF WARRIORS
Northern Wei Dynasty
Both figures standing upright with fierce expressions, one soldier seemingly of Central Asian origin carrying a shield with a monster mask, the other warrior clad in armour and a domed helmet, stand.
The taller 32cm (12 1/2in) high. (3).

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

北魏 陶胎彩繪武士俑 一組兩件

Provenance: Gisele Croes, Brussels, 19 December 1984 (warrior with shield)
Sotheby's London, 9 November 2005, lot 507 (warrior with shield)
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2000 (grey pottery warrior; label)

來源:布魯塞爾古董商吉賽爾,1984年12月19日(持盾武士俑)
倫敦蘇富比,2005年11月9日,拍品編號507(持盾武士俑)
倫敦古董商埃斯卡納齊,2000年(灰陶武士俑,標籤)

Compare with a related pottery figure, Northern Qi, excavated in 1981 from the tomb of Lou Rui, Prince of Dong'an in Commandery Wangguo Village, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, and now in the Shanxi Archaeology Institute, illustrated by R.L.Thorp, Son of Heaven: Imperial Arts of China 1988, no.118.
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TWO PAINTED POTTERY FIGURES OF WARRIORS Northern Wei

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
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Starting Price £1,300

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