Tang Dynasty
Modelled wearing a tall hat and belted tunic, the hands clasped together before him, the face with wide smiling mouth, decorated in coloured pigments.
56cm (22in) high.
Footnotes
唐 馬倌陶俑
Provenance: An English Private Collection and thence by descent.
By repute, acquired from Danny Ma Oriental Ceramics, Bath, 1995.
Oxford Thermoluminescence Test, sample no.C102h13, dated April 2002, is consistent with the dating of this lot.