1st Jun, 2021 12:00

Asian Art I

 
  Lot 233
 

A RARE CHINESE STRAW GLAZED FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL.

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, together with a pair of Beijing glass vases carved through black glass with figures and animals to a yellow ground, 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.

Sold for £1,375

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