NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534)

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A RARE LARGE GREY POTTERY SOLDIER
NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY (AD 386-534)
Solidly and heavily constructed, the tall figure shown standing with his hands clasped at his chest, his arms concealed by his long winter cape with rolled fur collar, worn over a red-painted under-robe, his broad face modeled with alert expression, pointed nose, furrowed brow and partially open mouth above a short, pointed beard scored with fine lines to represent hair, all framed by a winter cap divided into four lobes trailing a long flap over the ears and shoulders, extensive traces of pale pink, blue and red pigment.
22 in. (55.8 cm.) high, stand

Provenance

Stephen Junkunc, III (1904-1978) Collection.

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Lot Essay

This figure is of unusually large size for this type. Compare the smaller figure of a soldier, his face modeled in a different expression, illustrated in Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, p. 63, no. 166 and two related figures, also of smaller size, illustrated by Annette Juliano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C. C. Wang Family Collection, Seattle and London, 1988, pl. 37.

The result of Oxford thermoluminescence test no. 766n25 is consistent with the dating of this lot.

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