Lot Details
Lot 24
Two Similar Chinese Painted Pottery Guardian Figures
Tang Dynasty
Each molded in mirror image of the other, each with legs spread and firmly planted on a kidney shaped base, dressed in layered armor and fitted black painted helmet with upturned edges and topped by a finial, the deeply carved face with a moustache and painted facial wiskers, traces on black white and red pigments, surface encrustation. Heights 24 inches.
Note:
Results of Oxford Authentication Ltd, thermoluminescence test sample no. C103r97 is consistent with the dating of this lot.
C
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Unsold
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Surface loss and encrustation primarily on the front, more visible pigment left on the reverse. Some pigments restored. One with minor loss to tip of one had edge.
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