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)。