Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Property from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Two painted pottery figures of Lokapala, Tang dynasty | 唐 陶加彩天王俑兩尊
Auction Closed
September 22, 04:06 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Two painted pottery figures of Lokapala
Tang dynasty
唐 陶加彩天王俑兩尊
each supported by a rocky plinth, standing defiantly atop a vanquished demon with one foot on the demon's abdomen and the other actively suppressing the demon's head, the arms accentuating the drama with one hand raised grasping a now-lost weapon and the other dynamically positioned at the opposite side, the muscular body clad in pointed boots, greaves, and multiple tunics beneath military armor, the broad grimacing face framed by an elaborate helmet topped by a phoenix feather, one figure painted in remarkable detail in polychrome and with traces of gilt to the armor, the other figure with scattered traces of white slip and polychrome against the red biscuit (2)
Height of taller 29 in., 73.7 cm
Collection of Arthur B. Michael (bequest of 1942).
Collection of Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, nos 1942:16.54 and 1942:16.55.
來源
Arthur B. Michael 收藏（1942年遺贈）
奧爾布賴特-諾克斯美術館收藏，水牛城，紐約，編號1942:16.54及1942:16.55
Andrew C. Ritchie, Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculpture in the Permanent Collection, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1949, p. 212, no. 215.
Steven A. Nash, with Katy Kline, Charlotta Kotik and Emese Wood, Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Painting and Sculpture from Antiquity to 1942, Buffalo, 1979, pp 88-89.
出版
Andrew C. Ritchie，《Catalogue of the Paintings and Sculpture in the Permanent Collection》，Albright Art Gallery，水牛城，1949年，頁212，編號215
Steven A. Nash、Katy Kline、Charlotta Kotik 及 Emese Wood，《Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Painting and Sculpture from Antiquity to 1942》，水牛城，1979年，頁88-89