A RARE CHINESE STRAW GLAZED FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL. Sui / early Tang Dynasty and later. The straw-glazed figure of a standing official wearing a breastplate and long trousers tied above the knee, his hands clasped before his chest, the face with a focussed expression, all decorated with a cream glaze, 44.5cm H. (3) 隋 / 唐或更晚 米黃釉陶俑 The figure comes together with a copy of an Oxford thermoluminescence certificate no C203a45.