LOT 376 A MASSIVE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A LOKAPALA, TANG DYNASTY
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A MASSIVE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A LOKAPALA, TANG DYNASTY
China, 618-907. Well modeled standing on a crescent-shaped plinth, the hands slightly lowered and with clenched fists, the face with a fierce expression marked by large eyes below furrowed brows, beneath a helmet with upturned brim, wearing a high-collared, close-fitting armored tunic with beast-mask sleeve caps, a breastplate fastened with buckled straps, the pleated under-robe gathering at the base revealing pointed boot tips.
Provenance: United Kingdom trade.
Condition: Some old repairs and touchups as generally expected from Han dynasty excavations. Losses, chips, fissures, and encrustations. Extensive wear to pigments. Overall presenting well and commensurate with age.
Weight: 12.6 kg
Dimensions: Height 89 cm
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 11 September 2019, lot 736
Price: USD 13,750 or approx. EUR 15,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large painted pottery figure of a guardian, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related fierce expression and armored tunic with beast-mask sleeve caps. Note the size (80 cm).
唐代彩繪天王陶俑
中國,618-907年。造型生動,天王站在月牙形的底座上,雙手微垂,緊握拳頭,眉目緊鎖,高領緊身鎧甲,用搭扣帶子固定的胸甲,鎧甲下露出紅色衣袍,腳著尖頭靴。
來源:英國古玩交易。
品相:漢代考古挖掘中普遍存在的一些修復。有缺損失、磕損、裂縫和結殼。彩繪大面積磨損。整體狀況良好。
重量:12.6 公斤
尺寸:高89 厘米
拍賣結果比較:
形制:非常相近
拍賣:紐約蘇富比,2019年9月11日,lot 736
價格:USD 13,750(相當於今日EUR 15,500 )
描述:唐代彩繪天王陶俑
專家評論:比較非常相近的盛怒表情,以及獸紋盔甲。請注意尺寸(80 厘米)。
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