Chinese Tang Dynasty Sancai glazed figure of Lu Dongbin
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1462678
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1462678
Please refer to our stock # 344 when inquiring.
$7,500.00
This is an impressively preserved Terracotta Tomb Pottery, Sancai-Glazed figure of Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. He is one of the most widely known of the Eight Daoist Immortals and considered to be the leader of the group. He is thought to have lived during the Tang Dynasty (618-906) and he is depicted as a scholarly gentleman. He appears sitting on a stool, holding a fan. The glazed remains on most of the figure's body, except on its head and skirt of the stool, and the figures preserves most of its original features. It has only a couple of chips at the based of the skirt base.
MEASUREMENTS
Height: 8.0 inches (20cm)
Width: 3.25 inches (8cm)
Weight: 15.6 oz
