TWO STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY TOMB GUARDIANS
SUI TO EARLY TANG DYNASTY
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
隋至初唐 米黃釉墓葬陶俑 帶黑色方形底座（共兩件）
each modelled as a standing official, wearing a breastplate and long trousers tied above the knee, the hands clasped before chest, the face detailed with serious expression, covered overall in a creamy yellow glaze, with a black square base (2)
Dimensions
heights: 39cm and 38.5cm
Provenance
Private collection, London;
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no. C124k9 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
倫敦私人收藏；
本拍品經牛津熱釋光檢測編號C124k9，結果與其斷代相符。
Footnote
A closely comparable pottery figure of a guardian covered in similar straw-glaze, 38.2 cm high, dated to the Sui dynasty, is in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 34.5652.
一件尺寸及形制相近，隋代米黃釉墓葬陶俑，高38.2cm，藏於布魯克林博物館，館藏號「34.5652」，可資比較。