15th Oct, 2021 10:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
146
A FOREIGN DANCER, EARLY TANG DYNASTY, STRAW-GLAZED POTTERY FIGURE
唐代早期稻草灰釉外國舞者陶俑
Sold for €6,952
including Buyer's Premium
China, 7th-8th century. The curly-haired young foreigner standing atop a rectangular base in a dynamic posture with one arm raised and the other lowered in a distinct swing, the body swaying to one side, both fists clenched. Wearing a sash draped over his shoulders, across the back, around the hips and between the legs.
Provenance: From a noted English private collection in Buckinghamshire, by repute acquired in the 1980s, thence by descent within the same family.
Condition: Small old repairs, minor losses, firing irregularities and cracks, remnants of pigment. Overall presenting very well, the condition being commensurate with age and as expected for an ancient Sui or Tang dynasty figure.
Weight: 794.6 g
Dimensions: Height 29.4 cm
Covered in a finely crackled straw-colored glaze, the base and parts of the legs left unglazed revealing the buff ware.
Expert’s note: This dancer, with his distinct Caucasian features and salient hair dress, probably represented someone from northern India, most likely Gandhara, or - more precisely - Hadda, the now famous Greco-Buddhist site. Like most other portraits of foreigners created during the early Tang dynasty, he was made to represent the cosmopolitan nature of the period, admired by the Chinese. Another figure from this group, described by the author as Indian, is illustrated by E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, volume I, page 107, figure 13.
Literature comparison: For a very similar figure of a foreign dancer, see C. Hentze, Chinese Tomb Figures, London, 1928, p. 73. Compare also a head of a bodhisattva, with similar curled hair, dated 5th-6th century, probably Hadda, Tapa Shotor, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related straw-glazed pottery figure of a foreign dancer, also dated to the early Tang dynasty, of related size (32.5 cm high), at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art on 21 March 2000, lot 267, sold for USD 12,650.
唐代早期稻草灰釉外國舞者陶俑
中國，七至八世紀。一頭捲髮的年輕外國人，一臂抬起，一臂下垂地站在一個長方形底座上，身體向一側擺動，雙拳緊握。 他的肩、背、臀部周圍和兩腿之間都繫著一條腰帶。
來源：英國白金漢郡私人收藏，購於1980年代并保存在同一家族至今
品相：舊時小維修，輕微的損失，燒製不規則和裂縫，顏料餘留。 整體狀況非常好，條件與其時代相同，符合古代隋唐陶俑的狀況。
重量：794.6 克
尺寸：高29.4 厘米
覆蓋著細碎的稻草色釉，底部和腿部局部未上釉，露出淺黃色的胎體。
專家注釋：這位舞者有著鮮明的白種人特徵和突出的髮型，可能是來自印度北部的人，最有可能是犍陀羅，或者——更準確地說——哈達，現在著名的希臘佛教遺址。 像唐代早期創作的大多數外國人肖像畫一樣，他代表了那個時代的國際化性質，受到中國人的推崇。該組的另一個人俑，作者認爲是印度人，E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, volume I, page 107, figure 13.
拍賣結果比較：一件唐代初期稻草灰釉外國舞者人俑 (高32.5 厘米) ﹐見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art 2000年3月21日 lot 267, 售價USD 12,650。
China, 7th-8th century. The curly-haired young foreigner standing atop a rectangular base in a dynamic posture with one arm raised and the other lowered in a distinct swing, the body swaying to one side, both fists clenched. Wearing a sash draped over his shoulders, across the back, around the hips and between the legs.
Provenance: From a noted English private collection in Buckinghamshire, by repute acquired in the 1980s, thence by descent within the same family.
Condition: Small old repairs, minor losses, firing irregularities and cracks, remnants of pigment. Overall presenting very well, the condition being commensurate with age and as expected for an ancient Sui or Tang dynasty figure.
Weight: 794.6 g
Dimensions: Height 29.4 cm
Covered in a finely crackled straw-colored glaze, the base and parts of the legs left unglazed revealing the buff ware.
Expert’s note: This dancer, with his distinct Caucasian features and salient hair dress, probably represented someone from northern India, most likely Gandhara, or - more precisely - Hadda, the now famous Greco-Buddhist site. Like most other portraits of foreigners created during the early Tang dynasty, he was made to represent the cosmopolitan nature of the period, admired by the Chinese. Another figure from this group, described by the author as Indian, is illustrated by E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, volume I, page 107, figure 13.
Literature comparison: For a very similar figure of a foreign dancer, see C. Hentze, Chinese Tomb Figures, London, 1928, p. 73. Compare also a head of a bodhisattva, with similar curled hair, dated 5th-6th century, probably Hadda, Tapa Shotor, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related straw-glazed pottery figure of a foreign dancer, also dated to the early Tang dynasty, of related size (32.5 cm high), at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art on 21 March 2000, lot 267, sold for USD 12,650.
唐代早期稻草灰釉外國舞者陶俑
中國，七至八世紀。一頭捲髮的年輕外國人，一臂抬起，一臂下垂地站在一個長方形底座上，身體向一側擺動，雙拳緊握。 他的肩、背、臀部周圍和兩腿之間都繫著一條腰帶。
來源：英國白金漢郡私人收藏，購於1980年代并保存在同一家族至今
品相：舊時小維修，輕微的損失，燒製不規則和裂縫，顏料餘留。 整體狀況非常好，條件與其時代相同，符合古代隋唐陶俑的狀況。
重量：794.6 克
尺寸：高29.4 厘米
覆蓋著細碎的稻草色釉，底部和腿部局部未上釉，露出淺黃色的胎體。
專家注釋：這位舞者有著鮮明的白種人特徵和突出的髮型，可能是來自印度北部的人，最有可能是犍陀羅，或者——更準確地說——哈達，現在著名的希臘佛教遺址。 像唐代早期創作的大多數外國人肖像畫一樣，他代表了那個時代的國際化性質，受到中國人的推崇。該組的另一個人俑，作者認爲是印度人，E. Schloss, Ancient Chinese Ceramic Sculpture, Stamford, 1977, volume I, page 107, figure 13.
拍賣結果比較：一件唐代初期稻草灰釉外國舞者人俑 (高32.5 厘米) ﹐見紐約佳士得Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art 2000年3月21日 lot 267, 售價USD 12,650。
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