A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE OF AN ATTENDANT TANG DYNASTY

modeled standing attentively on a low trapezoidal base, hands held in front supporting a pair of green and amber-glazed slippers with upturned pointed toes, wearing a voluminous, long, pale green-glazed robe with a central amber streak, gathered in crisp, shallow folds secured by a low-slung belt, over loose trousers, the unglazed head with hair swept up in a double-bun topknot bound in a black kerchief, the soft full face with well-articulated features picked out in black and red pigments over white slip, Japanese wood boxes (5)

Kaikan Tokubetsu Shuppin Seihin Senshu [Special Opening Exhibition - Anthology of Selected Masterpieces], Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, 2005, cat. no. 41.

The pair of slippers held by the figure have restoration to the toes. There are also possible minor touch-ups to the mouth, nose and ears. Otherwise, the figure is in overall good condition with some expected minor firing imperfections.
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