A RARE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BOY Song Dynasty
The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A RARE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BOY
Song Dynasty
The naked child, possibly depicting the infant Buddha, seated with arms raised to the front, decorated in brown, red and black pigments, the features finely and naturalistically rendered.
13cm (5 1/8in) high
宋 陶加彩童子俑
For a related figure from the Dorothy Tapper Goldman collection see Arts of Asia March-April 2019, figure 12, sold Christie's New York, 22 March 2024, lot 807.
Similar smaller pottery depictions of boys with finely drawn features and somewhat elongated heads, are known. See a group of seven painted pottery figures, from a tomb dated to 1113 CE, excavated in Zhejiang city, Jiangsu province, Zhejiang City Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji, diaosubian, vol. 5, Beijing, 1988, pl. 173.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C105u21 dated 9 September 2005, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
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The Property of a Lady and Gentleman Lots 55-264
A RARE PAINTED POTTERY FIGURE OF A BOY
Song Dynasty
The naked child, possibly depicting the infant Buddha, seated with arms raised to the front, decorated in brown, red and black pigments, the features finely and naturalistically rendered.
13cm (5 1/8in) high
宋 陶加彩童子俑
For a related figure from the Dorothy Tapper Goldman collection see Arts of Asia March-April 2019, figure 12, sold Christie's New York, 22 March 2024, lot 807.
Similar smaller pottery depictions of boys with finely drawn features and somewhat elongated heads, are known. See a group of seven painted pottery figures, from a tomb dated to 1113 CE, excavated in Zhejiang city, Jiangsu province, Zhejiang City Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji, diaosubian, vol. 5, Beijing, 1988, pl. 173.
The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test no.C105u21 dated 9 September 2005, is consistent with the dating of this lot.
