A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY STANDING FIGURES OF ATTENDANTS
Lot 1228 THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY STANDING FIGURES OF ATTENDANTS

CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)

Closed21 March 2019

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A PAIR OF PAINTED POTTERY STANDING FIGURES OF ATTENDANTS
CHINA, TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Each shown standing on a shaped rock base and wearing long robes with hands concealed within the sleeves, one with animated expression, the other with serene expression, both with traces of black, red and green pigment
The largest, 42 ½ in. (108 cm.) high

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 1732 A, B.

Specialist note

Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminesence tests no. C119a2 and C119a3 are consistent with the dating of this lot.