A STRAW GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT, SUI-TANG DYNASTY
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Scientific Analysis Report: A thermoluminescence analysis report issued by Oxford Authentication on 26 July 2012, based on sample number C112g86, sets the firing date of two samples taken between 1000 and 1600 years ago. A copy of the report, signed by Doreen Stoneham for Oxford Authentication, accompanies this lot.
China, 581-907. Well modeled standing upright with one fist clenched to the chest, the other hand by his side, the head gently bowed and covered with a headdress secured to the back in a knot, the face with almond shaped eyes and a small mouth, dressed in a short tunic and bell-shaped pants, covered in a straw glaze with a greenish tint ending shortly above the base.
Provenance: From an English private collection in the Peak District.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Wear and firing flaws, including small firing cracks. Minor old repairs and touchups. Minor glaze lines and flaking. Drilled holes from sample-taking.
Weight: 818.4 g
Dimensions: Height 30.3 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related unglazed tomb figure of an attendant, dated to the Tang dynasty, 23.8 cm tall, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 34.5619. Compare a closely related unglazed figure of an attendant, dated to the Tang dynasty, 24.3 cm, in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession number 1923-21-117.
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