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A LARGE SANCAI-GLAZED EARTHENWARE FIGURE OF A COURT OFFICIAL, TANG DYNASTY
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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China, late 7th century to early 8th century. Finely modeled to depict a civil official firmly standing atop a rockwork base, with hands clasped and concealed beneath the long sleeves of his flowing robe. The garment, worn over a long skirt that partially covers the feet, is complemented by a distinctive official headgear.Covered in a lustrous sancai glaze of amber, green, and straw tones, attractively pooling as it flows down the body. The face left unglazed and sensitively modeled with heavy-lidded eyes and bow-shaped lips, the details finely painted along with the tall hat decorated with a bird.Provenance: The Great Wall Trading Co., Hong Kong, 1975. Copies of a signed certificate of antiquity issued by the Hong Kong Art Craft Merchants Association, certificate no. A-68/1, dated 12 May 1975, confirming the dating above, and a stamped invoice, dated 14 June 1975, stating a purchase price for the present lot of HKD 60,000 or approx. EUR 40,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompany this lot.Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear and manufacturing irregularities including little glaze pitting and firing cracks, glaze flaking and minor losses mostly to the base, few small chips and losses, minor touchups and other signs of repair, all exactly as expected from authentic Tang dynasty excavations.Weight: 7.2 kg (excl. stand), 8.9 kg (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 85.9 cm (excl. stand), 90.2 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on a wood stand. (2)Earthenware tomb figures such as the present example made up a sizable segment of the ceramics manufactured during the Tang period. Literally hundreds of figures, including soldiers, servants, musicians, tomb guardians, horses, and camels were placed in tombs to provide for the needs of the dead. Made in all sizes and in a wide range of qualities, these figures reflect the status of the deceased. By the beginning of the eighth century, the sculptural quality of Chinese tomb figures had reached its zenith. They were modeled with unprecedented naturalism and animation. As never before, the potter imparted life and movement to his creations, capturing the essence of a gesture or a mood with superlative fidelity.The magnificence of light-bodied tomb figures with three-color (sancai) glazes has made them one of the hallmarks of the Tang dynasty. While the horses, dogs, camels, and other animals, which were invariably modeled with the affection the Chinese have always lavished on their representations of animals, were completely covered in polychrome glazes, the faces and hands of supernatural figures and human attendants were usually left unglazed, often to be painted after firing.Many of the human figures found in these ceramics, as exemplified by the present lot, depict undoubtedly foreigners of Western origin. They are dressed, however, in the typical Tang-dynasty Chinese court attire, consisting of a long, wide-sleeved tunic worn over a long gown, along with a traditional headgear. This admixture of alien personages with such a characteristically native art form as burial furniture demonstrates the cosmopolitan attitude of China during the Tang period.Literature comparison:Compare a related sancai-glazed earthenware figure of a civil official, 120 cm high, excavated in 1971 from the tomb of Prince Zhanghuai (706 AD) in Qian County, Shaanxi Province, illustrated in The Quest for Eternity. Chinese Ceramic Sculptures from the People's Republic of China, Los Angeles County Museum, 1987, p. 58 and 131, no. 62.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 20 March 2015, lot 801 Price: USD 43,750 or approx. EUR 52,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A large blue and sancai-glazed pottery figure of a court official, Tang dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, and decoration, with similar pose, bird-decorated court hat, and painted face, as well as the related glaze (albeit with the addition of blue). Note the smaller size (70 cm).Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams San Francisco, 24 June 2013, lot 1172 Price: USD 37,500 or approx. EUR 45,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : An impressive sancai glazed pottery funerary figure of a dignitary, Tang dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related subject, modeling, glazes, and decoration. Note the size (120.5 cm).

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