Tang Dynasty, Ca. 618-907 AD An earthenware lead-glazed minqui portraying a Sogdian groom wearing an ochre, red and green glazed tunic tied at the waist. His face with aquiline nose, elongated earlobes, prominent cheekbones, and deep-set eyes surmounted by lashed eyebrows. The Sogdians were an Iranian people whose homeland, Sogdiana, was located at the center of several of those routes, in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this object. Report no. 60PR210621. Size: L:290mm / W:570mm ; 5.19kg Provenance: East Anglian private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong.