A PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A FOREIGN GROOM

Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty
The figure standing wearing long robes tied at the waist with a fabric belt suspending a pouch and fly whisk, open at the chest revealing orange under-robes, the hair neatly parted and tidily framing the face, one arm held above the waist and the other outstretched to hold a rein. 26.5cm (10 1/2in) high.

唐 陶胎彩繪胡人俑

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.666d28, dated 2 July 1992, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（1992年7月2日，編號666d28）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。

The Tang dynasty represents a golden age in Chinese history when the Empire was at its largest and trading networks extended to distant faraway places bringing exotic foreign merchants, mercenaries and missionaries. Foreign grooms leading horses or camels are typical of the period. See for example, several various pottery foreign grooms, Tang dynasty, illustrated in Tao yong: Xi'an wenwu jinghua, Xi'an, 2014, nos.156-163.