$7,500
Estimate: $7,500 - $8,500
Auction: September 9, 2017 11:00:00 AM EDT
the curly-haired figure wearing large necklace and anklets, standing in a dynamic pose, his hands raised and his head cocked to one side, wearing a sash draped over his shoulders.
H: 12 3/4 in., 32.4 cmProvenance: Ezekiel Schloss Collection
Sold Christie's, 21 March, 2000, New York, lot 267
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Sieur Tzen, China House of Arts, Significant Aspects of Early Chinese Ceramic Arts,, 1982, p. 35
Janet Baker, Seeking Immortality, Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, Santa Ana, 1996, p. 36, pl. 21
Ezekiel Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, vol. I, p. 107, fig. 13.
Exhibited
Greenwich, Bruce Museum, Seeking Immortality: Early Chinese Ceramics from The Schloss Collection, 20 September 1998 - 3 January 1999, no. 84.
Santa Ana, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Seeking Immortality: Chinese Tomb Sculpture from the Schloss Collection, 6 October 1996 - 16 March 1997, no. 84.
Hempstead, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Appeasing the Spirits, 14 February - 7 May 1993, no. 13.
Binghamton, College Art Gallery, State University of New York, Appeasing the Spirits, 9 October - 14 November 1993, no. 13.