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DescriptionA large sancai pottery figure of a leonine earth spirit,Tang dynasty唐 三彩鎮墓獸
36.5 by 26 by h. 110 cmCondition reportThe figure is generally in good condition, with expected restoration, e.g. both of its horns, its right foot, and two tips of its left wing have been restuck. Some typical occasional small losses to extremities. Minor typical wear, flaking and occasional retouching to the glaze.
整體品相良好。見修鋪如雙角、右腳及左翼頂端經修復。邊沿偶見小處磕傷，屬正常。見磨痕、小處剝釉及補釉。
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來源：Hartman Rare Art，紐約Catalogue noteThe Tang dynasty represents one of the most glorious chapters of China’s history when the country was open to and fascinated by influences beyond its boundaries. New impulses and visual stimuli were imported via the Silk Route. The cosmopolitan nature of the culture is evident in the extravagant pottery figures commissioned for royal and aristocratic tombs. Production and ownership of these rarified glazed figures were restricted to north China, largely in the areas around the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang’an. This flamboyant interpretation of these guardian figures, as portrayed in lot 3002 and lot 3007, derives from Buddhist art in India. It epitomizes the Tang elite’s admiration of exoticism during the height of its power over Silk Road trade routes. The magnificent figures of earth spirits represent both technically and aesthetically the peak of Chinese tomb figures produced during the Tang dynasty.