Rare Chinese painted pottery tomb guardian in the form of a divine creature or sometimes known as earth spirit. This tomb guardian has animal's body and face with bulging eyes, large ears and hoofed feet with red, white, green and black pigments remaining. It has a long and spiky horn spiralling up from the head and stretching wings. Its appearance is extremely fearsome.
Rare Chinese painted pottery tomb guardian in the form of a divine creature or sometimes known as earth spirit. This tomb guardian has animal's body and face with bulging eyes, large ears and hoofed feet with red, white and black pigments remaining. It has a long and spiky horn spiralling up from the head and stretching wings. Its appearance is extremely fearsome.
Rare Chinese painted pottery tomb guardian in the form of a divine creature or sometimes known as earth spirit. This tomb guardian has an animal's body and a human face with bulging eyes, large ears and hoofed feet with red, black and white pigments remaining. It has a long and spiky horn spiralling up from the head and stretching wings. Its appearance is extremely fearsome.
Rare and large Chinese painted pottery horse with removable head and a cavalryman, black and red pigments remaining. The horse has no leg and the rider has no arm because in the past these leg and arm were made from wood. However, due to long time underground, so the wood could not survive.
The last photo shows the auction result by the Sotheby's on November 7, 2007 for the similar horse. The auction result is 3,75... Click for details
Large Chinese painted pottery horse with removable head, black and red pigments remaining. The horse has no leg because in the past the legs were made from wood. However, due to long time underground, so the wood could not survive.
The last photo shows the auction result by the Sotheby's on November 7, 2007 for the similar horse. The auction result is 3,750 GBP or around $7,500.
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Rare Chinese painted pottery fat lady riding horse, the fat lady with nice facial expression, wearing tunic and sitting on a saddle cloth in elegant gesture, the horse standing on rectangular base, ears pricked and a tail, with red, green, white and black pigments remaining. Thermoluminescence test from Oxford is included.
Rare Chinese painted pottery fat lady with nice facial expression, wearing long robe, with red, black and white pigments remaining. The pleats of her robe are gracefully represented. Thermoluminescence test from Oxford is included.
Her serene and relaxing expression illustrates the disposition of Tang aristocratic ladies. She is also the symbol of good health and wealth during the Tang Empire.
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Rare Chinese painted pottery fat lady with nice facial expression, wearing long robe, with red, black and white pigments remaining. The pleats of her robe are gracefully represented. Thermoluminescence test from Oxford is included.
Her serene and relaxing expression illustrates the disposition of Tang aristocratic ladies. She is also the symbol of good health and wealth during the Tang Empire.
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