A sancai-glazed pottery earth spirit Tang Dynasty

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Description

the ferocious creature shown seated on its haunches on a rockwork base, the head thrown back, modeled with a human face left unglazed set in a grimace, flanked by large elephant ears and a tall twisted horn, the body in amber with green and cream splashes on the chest and wings

Provenance

Spink and Son, Ltd., London, 21st June 1966, $1140.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Mayer, Winnetka, Illinois.
The Robert B. Mayer Family Collection, Chicago.

Exhibited

The Robert B. Mayer Memorial Loan Collection.
Phoenix Art Museum, 1991-2005.