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THBChinese Sancai Glazed Pottery Attendants (pr) TL Tested
Lot 87b
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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East Asia, China, Tang Dynasty, ca. 618 to 907 CE. A lovely pair of pottery female tomb attendants with a characteristically elongated bodies donning traditional long robes and hooded head coverings - their hands clasped together before their chests. Adding to the figures' aesthetic beauty is the desired sancai glaze technique - gracing the surfaces with lustrous glazes of cerulean blue, caramel amber, and creamy white hues. This technique is usually comprised of three colors - Sancai means "three colors" - however, in this case, in addition to the ambler and white hues, a brilliant deep cerulean blue glaze is used rather than the traditional green. What's more, the naturalistic modeling of these mold-made figures' facial contours is quite striking as is the fine line painted detailing of the eyes, brows, lips, and facial hair (mustache and beard visible on one figure). During the Tang dynasty sculptural representations of humans and animals were frequently placed in burial chambers to honor the deceased. Size of one: 2.6" W x 10.55" H (6.6 cm x 26.8 cm)
"Sancai" means "three colors" and is a type of decoration in Chinese pottery using intermingled colors for decoration; it is a signature of the Tang Dynasty. A piece like this would have been made by using white clay and firing it, then applying glaze. Three major kilns in northern China were responsible for making these pieces, which were designed to go into the tombs of Tang aristocracy.
The Tang Dynasty was a thrilling time in Chinese history, when trade flourished along the Silk Routes and unified China was the richest country on earth. Chang'an (now Xi'an) was the Tang capital, and it was one of the most cosmopolitan cities on earth, filled with foreigners who had travelled to China to trade; the influence of foreigners and talented native Chinese, combined with the economic prosperity brought on by trade and the new religion from India, Buddhism, created a powerful cultural milieu where poetry and other forms of art flourished.
This piece has been tested using thermoluminescence (TL) analysis and has been found to be ancient and of the period stated. A full report will accompany purchase.
Provenance: ex-European-American collection; acquired circa 1995 to 2008
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#155502Both intact with great deposits on surface. They both may have once had something inserted into the tops of their joined hands. Both have small TL drill holes on their undersides.Condition
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